And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
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Gill's Exposition
And besought him that they might touch the hem of his garment,.... As the woman with the bloody issue did; Mat 9:20. This they desired, partly to show the strength of their faith in him, that they…
Land of Gennesaret - This region was in Galilee, on the west side of the Sea of Tiberias; and in this land was situated Capernaum, to which he had directed his disciples to go. The hem of his garment…
We have here an account of miracles by wholesale, which Christ wrought on the other side of the water, in the land of Gennesaret. Whithersoever Christ went, he was doing good. Gennesaret was a tract…
Jesus cures sick folk in the Land of Gennesaret
Mar 6:53-56, where the stir of the neighbourhood and eagerness of the people are vividly portrayed.