7But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
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And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)Here, as before, we have our Lord Jesus busy at work in the synagogue first, and then by the sea side ; to teach us that his presence should not be confined either to the one or to the other, but, wherever any are gathered together in his name, whether in the synagogue or any where else, there is he in the midst of them. In every place where he records his name , he will meet his people, and bless…
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