Matthew 14:34-36

Nov 02, 2011 05:30 AM v36 Done

<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/14-34.htm" >34</a>And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

<a href="http://barnes.biblecommenter.com/matthew/14.htm" >Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a>

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<li>Land of Gennesaret - This region was in Galilee, on the west side of the Sea of Tiberias; and in this land was situated Capernaum, to which he had directed his disciples to go.</li>

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<a href="http://clarke.biblecommenter.com/matthew/14.htm" >Clarke's Commentary on the Bible</a>

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<li>The land of Gennesaret - It was from this country that the sea or lake of Gennesaret had its name. In this district, on the western side of the lake, were the cities of Capernaum and Tiberias.</li>

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<a href="http://gill.biblecommenter.com/matthew/14.htm" >Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a>

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<li>And when they were gone over,.... That is, "the sea", as Munster's Hebrew Gospel adds, the sea of Tiberias, or Galilee;they came into the land of Gennesaret;</li>

<li>the same with Cinnereth, or Chinnereth, or Cinnerot, <a href="http://bible.cc/numbers/34-11.htm" >Numbers 34:11</a> in all which places, the Chaldee paraphrase renders it by "Ginusar", the same word that is used in Munster's Hebrew Gospel here: it was a country in Galilee, in the tribe of Naphtali (y), bordering upon a lake, called the lake of Gennesaret; taking its name from the country, or the country from the lake: it was exceeding fruitful, full of gardens and orchards; hence we often read in the Talmud (z), of , "the fruits of Genusar", or Gennesaret, which are said to be exceeding sweet: and it is said to (a) be a country in the land of Israel, in which were many gardens; and by others (b), a place in the land of Galilee (as it was) whose fruits were large and good; and was, as Josephus says (c), thirty furlongs long and twenty broad.</li>

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<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/14-35.htm" >35</a>And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;

<a href="http://clarke.biblecommenter.com/matthew/14.htm" >Clarke's Commentary on the Bible</a>

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<li>They brought unto him all that were diseased - And Jesus received and healed every man and woman of them. And is not the soul, in the sight of God, of more value than the body? and will he withhold his healing power from the former, and grant it so freely to the latter? This cannot be. Let a man come himself to Jesus, and he shall be saved and afterwards let him recommend this Christ to the whole circle of his acquaintance, and they, if they come, shall also find mercy.</li>

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<a href="http://pnt.biblecommenter.com/matthew/14.htm" >People's New Testament</a>

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<li>14:35 And brought unto him all that were diseased. His fame was so well known in that region that his coming at once caused a commotion. In a country where there are no skilled physicians and little known of sanitary laws, there is great need of a Healer. Geikie, who traveled through this same region with a medical friend, says that crowds would gather with their sick as soon as they knew there was a physician. Hence the importance of medical missions.</li>

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Matthew Henry's Whole

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<li>Christ is the proper Person to bring the diseased to; whither should they go but to the Physician, to the Sun of Righteousness, that hath healing under his wings?</li>

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<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/14-36.htm" >36</a>And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

<a href="http://gill.biblecommenter.com/matthew/14.htm" >Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a>

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<li>...and as many as touched, were made perfectly whole. Christ condescended to this their request, and perfectly cured all such of their diseases, of whatever kind they were, who, in the exercise of faith, touched the hem of his garment, the fringe he wore, in compliance with the ceremonial law, <a href="brain://TmMMRYHDXF2HqfGCFmDCUA/160" class="thought-link">  </a><a href="http://bible.cc/numbers/15-38.htm" >Numbers 15:</a>37-41</li>

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<a href="http://mhc.biblecommenter.com/matthew/14.htm" >Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a>

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<li>The healing virtue was not in the finger, but in their faith; or rather, it was in Christ, whom their faith took hold upon.</li>

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