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Mark 8:26

Mark 8:26
And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he sent him away to his house,.... Which seems to have been in one of the neighbouring villages or was one of the houses scattered about in the fields for the conveniency of rural business.…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The town - The town of Bethsaida. Nor tell it ... - Lest it excite the jealousy of the Pharisees, and produce commotion and danger.

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

He sent him away to his house - So it appears that this person did not belong to Bethsaida, for, in going to his house, he was not to enter into the village.

This miracle is not mentioned by any other…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 8:22-26

This cure is related only by this evangelist, and there is something singular in the circumstances.

I. Here is a blind man brought to Christ by his friends, with a desire that he would touch him, Mar…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

to his house Bethsaida, therefore, was not the place of his residence; he was to go immediately from the place to his own home not even to the village to which he had already come, and he was not to…

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