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Selected Verse: Mark 5:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 5:20 |
King James |
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And he departed, and began to publish--not only among his friends, to whom Jesus immediately sent him, but
in Decapolis--so called, as being a region of ten cities. (See on Mat 4:25).
how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel--Throughout that considerable region did this monument of mercy proclaim his new-found Lord; and some, it is to be hoped, did more than "marvel." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| He published in Decapolis - Not only at home, but in all that country where Jesus himself did not come. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Decapolis - See on Mat 4:25 (note). |
25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.