23And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
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And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-34)The Gadarenes having desired Christ to leave their country, he did not stay to trouble them long, but presently went by water, as he came, back to the other side (Mark 5:21), and there much people gathered to him . Note, If there be some that reject Christ, yet there are others that receive him, and bid him welcome. A despised gospel will cross the water , and go where it will have better entertai…
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