18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
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Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. …
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-22)Here is, I. Christ’s removing to the other side of the sea of Tiberias , and his ordering his disciples, whose boats attended him, to get their transport-vessels ready, in order to it, Matt. 8:18. The influences of this Sun of righteousness were not to be confined to one place, but diffused all the country over; he must go about to do good; the necessities of souls called to him, Come over, and he…
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