Were distressed and scattered (ησαν εσκυλμενο κα εριμμενο). Periphrastic past perfect indicative passive. A sad and pitiful state …

Because they fainted. The word used here refers to the weariness and fatigue that results from labor and being burdened. He saw the people…

He was moved with compa ion — The words that follow are so vivid and emphatic that we may well believe they originated in our Lord…

Teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when …

St. John Chrysostom: The Lord wanted to refute by His actions the charge of the Pharisees, who said, “He casts out demons …

Verse 35 summarizes the heart of Jesus’ Galilean ministry and prepares us for the new phase of mi ion via the Twelve . Like the Lord in the OT (cf.…

He was moved with compassion towards them. From this we infer, first, how great was the laziness of the priests. Although they were scatte…

But when he saw the multitudes
As he took his circuit through the several cities, towns, and villages, he made his o…

Jesus visited not only the great and wealthy cities, but the poor, obscure villages; and there he preached, there he healed. The souls of the humbl…

It has been shown how Christ had helped those coming to Him; here the Evangelist mentions that Christ was going to them. He mentions two things: fi…