35And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
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And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. …
And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. …
And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. …
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 34-36)We have here an account of miracles by wholesale, which Christ wrought on the other side of the water, in the land of Gennesaret. Whithersoever Christ went, he was doing good. Gennesaret was a tract of land that lay between Bethsaida and Capernaum, and either gave the name to, or took the name from, this sea, which is called (Luke 5:1) The Lake of Gennesaret ; it signifies the valley of branches.…
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