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When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
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A Shocking Report
Commentators note that the herdsmen were so terrified by the supernatural event that they fled. However, they didn't hide. They immediately spread the news of what happened throughout the main city and the surrounding farms. This emphasizes that Jesus's power was displayed in such a dramatic and undeniable way that it caused an immediate and widespread stir.
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Saw what had come to pass (ιδοντες το γεγονος). This item only in Luke. Note the neat Greek idiom το γεγονος, articular second per…
19th Century
Anglican
In the country.—Better, in the farms. The noun is in the plural, and is so rendered in Matthew 22:5.
Baptist
Sometimes, Christ performed healings which were scarcely mentioned; but here — and I only remember a second miracle at all like it, that of the wit…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When they that fed them saw what was done That the devils went out of the man possessed by them, and entered into th…
Presbyterian
Those who put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls…
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