Matthew 14:36
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
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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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the hem of his garment The hem of the garment had a certain sanctity attached to it. It was the distinguishing mark of the Jew: cp. Num 15:38-39, "that they add to the fringes of the borders (or…
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