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Selected Verse: Mark 5:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 5:20 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] he departed [565], and [2532] began [756] to publish [2784] in [1722] Decapolis [1179] how great things [3745] Jesus [2424] had done [4160] for him [846]: and [2532] all [3956] men did marvel [2296]. |
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King James |
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| 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 [2532] there followed [190] him [846] great [4183] multitudes of people [3793] from [575] Galilee [1056], and [2532] from Decapolis [1179], and [2532] from Jerusalem [2414], and [2532] from Judaea [2449], and [2532] from beyond [4008] Jordan [2446].
25 And [2532] there followed [190] him [846] great [4183] multitudes of people [3793] from [575] Galilee [1056], and [2532] from Decapolis [1179], and [2532] from Jerusalem [2414], and [2532] from Judaea [2449], and [2532] from beyond [4008] Jordan [2446].