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There came to him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
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Commentators highlight that the crowd didn't just come for themselves; they actively brought the sick and helpless to Jesus. They "cast them down at his feet" in an act of urgent faith. This serves as a powerful model for Christians today to bring the spiritually broken and lost to Jesus through prayer and witness, trusting in His power to heal.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Sea of Galilee. That is, the Lake of Gennesaret. For an account of the principal diseases mentioned here, see Barnes on Matthew 4:24.
And they cast them down at his feet (κα εριψαν αυτους παρα τους ποδας αυτου). A very strong word, flung them down, "not carelessly…
19th Century
Anglican
Blind, dumb —St. Mark (Mark 7:31–37) relates one memorable instance of a work of healing in this context. Here we find…
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Baptist
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from tha…
Mark 7:31 has Jesus traveling to the Decapolis on the southeastern side of the lake, still outside Herod’s jurisdiction (cf.[Reference …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And great multitudes came to him From the adjacent places; having heard of his being where he was; and who had eithe…
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Whatever our situation, the only way to find ease and relief is to lay it at Christ's feet, to submit it to Him, and refer it to His disposal. Thos…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Gospel teaching was confirmed by the deliverance of the Gentiles from the power of the devil through Christ’s might; now He confirm…
