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Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
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Avoiding Popularity's Trap
Multiple commentators, including Charles Spurgeon and John Gill, highlight that Jesus actively avoided popularity. When He saw the large crowds, His response was not to build a larger stage but to depart. This teaches that true ministry is not measured by crowd size or human praise, but by obedience to God's will. Jesus modeled humility and a focus on the mission over public acclaim.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Unto the other side. Jesus was now in Capernaum, a city at the northwest corner of the Sea of Tiberias, or Sea of Galilee. See Barnes on M…
19th Century
Anglican
To depart to the other side — that is, the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Here, too, though less conspicuously than in the o…
Baptist
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
This again looks like a non sequi…
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Matthew now includes two brief stories that help show the nature of Jesus’ ministry and the disciples he was seeking. Perhaps his imminent departur…
16th Century
Protestant
And when Jesus had seen great multitudes about him. Matthew, I have no doubt, touches briefly what the others explain in a more ample and …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him Who got together, partly out of novelty to see his person, of whom the…
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One of the scribes was too hasty in his promise; he offered himself as a close follower of Christ. He seemed very resolute. Many resolutions regard…
13th Century
Catholic
And when Jesus had come into Simon Peter’s house, etc. Christ’s power is commended in the cure of the leper; it is also c…
