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36And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Matthew 14:36

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Matthew Henry

(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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