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Selected Verse: Mark 7:31 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mr 7:31 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] again [3825], departing [1831] from [1537] the coasts [3725] of Tyre [5184] and [2532] Sidon [4605], he came [2064] unto [4314] the sea [2281] of Galilee [1056], through [303] the midst [3319] of the coasts [3725] of Decapolis [1179]. |
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King James |
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. |
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 again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the Sea of Galilee--or, according to what has very strong claims to be regarded as the true text here, "And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre, He came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee." The manuscripts in favor of this reading, though not the most numerous, are weighty, while the versions agreeing with it are among the most ancient; and all the best critical editors and commentators adopt it. In this case we must understand that our Lord, having once gone out of the Holy Land the length of Tyre, proceeded as far north as Sidon, though without ministering, so far as appears, in those parts, and then bent His steps in a southeasterly direction. There is certainly a difficulty in the supposition of so long a detour without any missionary object: and some may think this sufficient to cast the balance in favor of the received reading. Be this as it may, on returning from these coasts of Tyre, He passed
through the midst of the coasts--frontiers.
of Decapolis--crossing the Jordan, therefore, and approaching the lake on its east side. Here Matthew, who omits the details of the cure of this deaf and dumb man, introduces some particulars, from which we learn that it was only one of a great number. "And Jesus," says that Evangelist (Mat 15:29-31), "departed from thence, and came nigh unto the Sea of Galilee, and went up into a mountain"--the mountain range bounding the lake on the northeast, in Decapolis: "And great multitudes came unto Him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, maimed"--not "mutilated," which is but a secondary sense of the word, but "deformed"--"and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and He healed them: insomuch that the multitude [multitudes] wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see; and they glorified the God of Israel"--who after so long and dreary an absence of visible manifestation, had returned to bless His people as of old (compare Luk 7:16). Beyond this it is not clear from the Evangelist's language that the people saw into the claims of Jesus. Well, of these cases Mark here singles out one, whose cure had something peculiar in it. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Departing from the coasts - The country or regions of Tyre.
Came unto the sea of Galilee - The Sea of Tiberias. See the notes at Mat 4:18.
Decapolis - See the notes at Mat 4:25. He did not go immediately into Capernaum, or any city where he was known, but into the retired regions around the Sea of Galilee. This was done to avoid the designs of the Pharisees, who sought his life. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Mat 15:29. |
16 And [1161] there came [2983] a fear [5401] on all [537]: and [2532] they glorified [1392] God [2316], saying [3004], That [3754] a great [3173] prophet [4396] is risen up [1453] among [1722] us [2254]; and [2532], That [3754] God [2316] hath visited [1980] his [846] people [2992].
29 And [2532] Jesus [2424] departed [3327] from thence [1564], and came [2064] nigh unto [3844] the sea [2281] of Galilee [1056]; and [2532] went up [305] into [1519] a mountain [3735], and sat down [2521] there [1563].
30 And [2532] great [4183] multitudes [3793] came [4334] unto him [846], having [2192] with [3326] them those that were [1438] lame [5560], blind [5185], dumb [2974], maimed [2948], and [2532] many [4183] others [2087], and [2532] cast [4496] them [846] down [4496] at [3844] Jesus [2424]' feet [4228]; and [2532] he healed [2323] them [846]:
31 Insomuch that [5620] the multitude [3793] wondered [2296], when they saw [991] the dumb [2974] to speak [2980], the maimed [2948] to be whole [5199], the lame [5560] to walk [4043], and [2532] the blind [5185] to see [991]: and [2532] they glorified [1392] the God [2316] of Israel [2474].
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].
18 And [1161] Jesus [2424], walking [4043] by [3844] the sea [2281] of Galilee [1056], saw [1492] two [1417] brethren [80], Simon [4613] called [3004] Peter [4074], and [2532] Andrew [406] his [846] brother [80], casting [906] a net [293] into [1519] the sea [2281]: for [1063] they were [2258] fishers [231].
29 And [2532] Jesus [2424] departed [3327] from thence [1564], and came [2064] nigh unto [3844] the sea [2281] of Galilee [1056]; and [2532] went up [305] into [1519] a mountain [3735], and sat down [2521] there [1563].