3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
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And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. …
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. …
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)We had the story of a miracle very like this before, in this gospel (Mark 6:35), and of this same miracle (Matt. 15:32), and here is little or no addition or alternation as to the circumstances. Yet observe, 1. That our Lord Jesus was greatly followed; The multitude was very great (Mark 8:1); notwithstanding the wicked arts of the scribes and Pharisees to blemish him, and to blast his interest, th…
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