But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
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Gill's Exposition
But he went out,.... Either out of the synagogue; for in Mar 1:39, it is said, that Christ preached in their synagogues, &c. and in Mar 1:40, "there came a leper to him"; and Luke very, plainly…
And there came a leper ... - See the notes at Mat 8:1-4. Kneeling down to him - He kneeled and inclined his face to the ground, in token of deep humiliation and earnest entreaty. Compare Luk 5:12. If…
Adam Clarke
Began to publish it much - Began to publish πολλα, many things; probably all that he had heard about our Lord's miraculous works.
And to blaze abroad the matter - That is, his own healing; thinking he…
We have here the story of Christ's cleansing a leper, which we had before, Mat 8:2-4. It teaches us,
1. How to apply ourselves to Christ; come as this leper did, (1.) With great humility; this leper…
Cambridge Bible
began to publish it much even as others in similar circumstances found it impossible to keep silence; comp. (1) the blind man, Mat 9:30-31; (2) the man with an impediment of speech, Mar 7:36.
could no…
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