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So that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door (ωστε μηκετ χωρειν μηδε τα προς την θυραν). Another graphic…

So much as about the door. In the court or yard before the door. They could not get near enough to hear him.
Preached the word …

No, not so much as about the door.—Another of St. Mark’s graphic touches of description.
He preached the word.

And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, …

The Venerable Bede: Because the compassion of God does not desert even worldly people, He grants them the grace of His presence…

This passage shows the close relationship between the healing of the body and the forgiveness of sins. Jesus returns to Capernaum, a kind of base o…

And straightway many were gathered together
From all parts of the city,
insomuch that there was no room to recei…

It was this man's misery that he needed to be so carried, and this shows the suffering state of human life. It was kind of those who so carried him…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson