Passage 1: Genesis 22-23
(Gen 22:1) And after these things God did proue Abraham, and said vnto him, Abraham. Who answered, Here am I.
(Gen 22:2) And he said, Take nowe thine onely sonne Izhak whom thou louest, and get thee vnto the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering vpon one of the mountaines, which I will shewe thee.
(Notes Reference) And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of (a) Moriah; and (b) offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
(a) Signifying the fear of God, in which place he was also honoured, Solomon later building the temple there.
(b) This was the main point of his temptation, seeing that he was commanded to offer up him in whom God had promised to bless all the nations of the world.
(Gen 22:3) Then Abraham rose vp early in the morning, and sadled his asse, and tooke two of his seruants with him, and Izhak his sonne, and cloue wood for the burnt offering, and rose vp and went to the place, which God had tolde him.
(Gen 22:4) Then the third day Abraham lift vp his eyes, and sawe the place afarre off,
(Gen 22:5) And said vnto his seruants, Abide you here with the asse: for I and the childe will go yonder and worship, and come againe vnto you.
(Notes Reference) And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and (e) come again to you.
(e) He did not doubt that God would accomplish his promise, even if he should sacrifice his son.
(Gen 22:6) Then Abraham tooke the wood of the burnt offering, and layed it vpon Izhak his sonne, and he tooke the fire in his hand, and the knife: and they went both together.
(Gen 22:7) Then spake Izhak vnto Abraham his father, and said, My father. And he answered, Here am I, my sonne. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lambe for ye burnt offring?
(Gen 22:8) Then Abraham answered, My sonne, God will prouide him a lambe for a burnt offering: so they went both together.
(Notes Reference) And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a (d) burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
(d) The only way to overcome all temptation is to rest on God's providence.
(Gen 22:9) And when they came to the place which God had shewed him, Abraham builded an altar there, and couched ye wood, and bound Izhak his sonne and laid him on the altar vpon the wood.
(Notes Reference) And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and (e) bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
(e) For it is likely that his father had told him God's commandment, to which he showed himself obedient.
(Gen 22:10) And Abraham stretching forth his hand, tooke the knife to kill his sonne.
(Gen 22:11) But the Angel of the Lord called vnto him from heauen, saying, Abraham, Abraham. And he answered, Here am I.
(Gen 22:12) Then he said, Lay not thine hand vpon the childe, neither doe any thing vnto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing for my sake thou hast not spared thine onely sonne.
(Notes Reference) And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I (f) know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.
(f) That is, by your true obedience you have declared your living faith.
(Gen 22:13) And Abraham lifting vp his eyes, looked: and behold, there was a ramme behind him caught by the hornes in a bush. then Abraham went and tooke the ramme, and offered him vp for a burnt offering in the steade of his sonne.
(Gen 22:14) And Abraham called the name of that place, Iehouah-ijreh. as it is said this day, In the mount will the Lord be seene.
(Notes Reference) And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall (g) be seen.
(g) The name is changed to show that God both sees and provides secretly for his and also evidently is seen, and felt in the right time.
(Gen 22:15) And the Angel of the Lord cryed vnto Abraham from heauen the second time,
(Gen 22:16) And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,
(Notes Reference) And said, By (h) myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:
(h) Signifying, that there is none greater then he.
(Gen 22:17) Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.
(Gen 22:18) And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
(Gen 22:19) Then turned Abraham againe vnto his seruants, and they rose vp and went together to Beer-sheba: and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
(Gen 22:20) And after these things one tolde Abraham, saying, Beholde Milcah, she hath also borne children vnto thy brother Nahor:
(Gen 22:21) To wit, Vz his eldest sonne, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
(Gen 22:22) And Chesed and Hazo, and Pildash, and Iidlaph, and Bethuel.
(Gen 22:23) And Bethuel begate Rebekah: these eight did Milcah beare to Nahor Abrahams brother.
(Gen 22:24) And his concubine called Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gahan, and Thahash and Maachah.
(Notes Reference) And his (i) concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
(i) Concubine is often used to refer to those women who were inferior to the wives.
(Gen 23:1) When Sarah was an hundreth twentie and seuen yeere olde (so long liued she).
(Gen 23:2) Then Sarah dyed in Kiriath-arba: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. and Abraham came to mourne for Sarah and to weepe for her.
(Gen 23:3) Then Abraham rose vp from the sight of his corps, and talked with the Hittites, saying,
(Notes Reference) And Abraham (a) stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
(a) That is, when he had mourned: so the godly may mourn if they do not pass measure, and the natural affection is commendable.
(Gen 23:4) I am a stranger, and a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.
(Gen 23:5) Then the Hittites answered Abraham, saying vnto him,
(Gen 23:6) Heare vs, my lorde: thou art a prince of God among vs: in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.
(Notes Reference) Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a (b) mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
(b) That is godly or excellent: for so do the Hebrews speak of all things that are notable, because all excellency comes from God.
(Gen 23:7) Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.
(Gen 23:8) And he communed with them, saying, If it be your minde, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and intreate for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar,
(Gen 23:9) That he would giue me ye caue of Machpelah, which he hath in the ende of his field: that he would giue it me for as much money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you.
(Gen 23:10) (For Ephron dwelt among the Hittites) Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of all the Hittites that went in at the gates of his citie, saying,
(Notes Reference) And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that (c) went in at the gate of his city, saying,
(c) Meaning all the citizens and inhabitants.
(Gen 23:11) No, my Lord, heare me: the fielde giue I thee, and the caue, that therein is, I giue it thee: euen in the presence of the sonnes of my people giue I it thee, to bury thy dead.
(Gen 23:12) Then Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the land,
(Notes Reference) And Abraham (d) bowed down himself before the people of the land.
(d) To show that he had them in good estimation and reverence.
(Gen 23:13) And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey, saying, Seeing thou wilt giue it, I pray thee, heare me, I will giue the price of the fielde: receiue it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
(Gen 23:14) Ephron then answered Abraham, saying vnto him,
(Gen 23:15) My lord, hearken vnto me: ye land is worth foure hundreth shekels of siluer: what is that betweene me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
(Notes Reference) My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred (e) shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
(e) The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 shekels is equal to 33 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence at 5 shilling sterling to the ounce.
(Gen 23:16) So Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron, and Abraham weyed to Ephron the siluer, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, euen foure hundreth siluer shekels of currant money among marchants.
(Gen 23:17) So the fielde of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and ouer against Mamre, euen the field and the caue that was therein, and all the trees that were in the fielde, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure
(Gen 23:18) Vnto Abraham for a possession, in ye sight of the Hittites, euen of all that went in at the gates of his citie.
(Gen 23:19) And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah ouer against Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
(Gen 23:20) Thus the fielde and the caue, that is therein, was made sure vnto Abraham for a possession of buriall by the Hittites.
(Notes Reference) And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace (f) by the sons of Heth.
(f) That is, all the people confirmed the sale.
Passage 2: Psalms 26-28
(Psa 26:1) A Psalme of David. Judge me, O Lord, for I haue walked in mine innocency: my trust hath bene also in the Lord: therefore shall I not slide.
(Notes Reference) "[A Psalm] of David." Judge me, (a) O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.
(a) He flees to God to be the judge of his just cause, seeing there is no equity among men.
(Psa 26:2) Proue me, O Lord, and trie mee: examine my reines, and mine heart.
(Notes Reference) Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my (b) reins and my heart.
(b) My very affections and inward motions of the heart.
(Psa 26:3) For thy louing kindnesse is before mine eyes: therefore haue I walked in thy trueth.
(Notes Reference) For thy (c) lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
(c) He shows what stayed him, that he did not recompense evil for evil.
(Psa 26:4) I haue not hanted with vaine persons, neither kept companie with the dissemblers.
(Notes Reference) I have not (d) sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
(d) He declares that they cannot walk in simplicity before God, that delight in the company of the ungodly.
(Psa 26:5) I haue hated the assemblie of the euill, and haue not companied with the wicked.
(Psa 26:6) I will wash mine handes in innocencie, O Lord, and compasse thine altar,
(Notes Reference) I will (e) wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
(e) I will serve you with a pure affection, and with the godly that sacrifice to you.
(Psa 26:7) That I may declare with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and set foorth all thy wonderous woorkes.
(Psa 26:8) O Lord, I haue loued the habitation of thine house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
(Psa 26:9) Gather not my soule with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodie men:
(Notes Reference) (f) Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
(f) Destroy me not in the overthrow of the wicked.
(Psa 26:10) In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.
(Notes Reference) In whose hands [is] (g) mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
(g) Whose cruel hands execute the malicious devises of their hearts.
(Psa 26:11) But I will walke in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore, and be mercifull vnto me.
(Psa 26:12) My foote standeth in vprightnesse: I will praise thee, O Lord, in the Congregations.
(Notes Reference) My foot standeth in (h) an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
(h) I am preserved from my enemies by the power of God, and therefore will praise him openly.
(Psa 27:1) A Psalme of David. The Lord is my light and my saluation, whom shall I feare? the Lord is the strength of my life, of whome shall I be afraide?
(Notes Reference) "[A Psalm] of David." The LORD [is] my (a) light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
(a) Because he was assured of good success in all his dangers and that his salvation was surely laid up in God, he did not fear the tyranny of his enemies.
(Psa 27:2) When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon mee to eate vp my flesh; they stumbled and fell.
(Psa 27:3) Though an hoste pitched against me, mine heart should not be afraide: though warre be raised against me, I will trust in this.
(Notes Reference) Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in (b) this [will] I [be] confident.
(b) That God will deliver me and give my faith the victory.
(Psa 27:4) One thing haue I desired of the Lord, that I will require, euen that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautie of the Lord, and to visite his Temple.
(Notes Reference) (c) One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
(c) The loss of country, wife and all worldly conveniences would not grieve me as much as this one thing, that I may not praise your name in the midst of the congregation.
(Psa 27:5) For in the time of trouble hee shall hide mee in his Tabernacle: in the secrete place of his pauillion shall he hide me, and set me vp vpon a rocke.
(Psa 27:6) And nowe shall hee lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies rounde about mee: therefore wil I offer in his Tabernacle sacrifices of ioy: I wil sing and praise the Lord.
(Notes Reference) (d) And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
(d) David assured himself by the Spirit of prophecy that he should overcome his enemies and serve God in his tabernacle.
(Psa 27:7) Hearken vnto my voyce, O Lord, when I crie: haue mercie also vpon mee and heare mee.
(Psa 27:8) When thou saidest, Seeke ye my face, mine heart answered vnto thee, O Lord, I will seeke thy face.
(Notes Reference) [When thou saidst], (e) Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
(e) He grounds on God's promise and shows that he is most willing to obey his commandment.
(Psa 27:9) Hide not therefore thy face from mee, nor cast thy seruat away in displeasure: thou hast bene my succour: leaue me not, neither forsake mee, O God of my saluation.
(Psa 27:10) Though my father and my mother shoulde forsake me, yet the Lord will gather me vp.
(Notes Reference) (f) When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
(f) He magnifies God's love toward his, which far passes the most tender love of parents towards their children.
(Psa 27:11) Teache mee thy way, O Lord, and leade me in a right path, because of mine enemies.
(Psa 27:12) Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.
(Notes Reference) Deliver me not over unto the (g) will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
(g) But either pacify their wrath, or bridle their rage.
(Psa 27:13) I should haue fainted, except I had beleeued to see the goodnes of the Lord in the land of the liuing.
(Notes Reference) [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD (h) in the land of the living.
(h) In this present life before I die, as in (Isa 38:11).
(Psa 27:14) Hope in the Lord: be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart, and trust in the Lord.
(Notes Reference) (i) Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
(i) He exhorts himself to depend on the Lord seeing he never failed in his promises.
(Psa 28:1) A Psalme of David. Unto thee, O Lord, doe I crie: O my strength, be not deafe toward mee, lest, if thou answere me not, I be like them that goe downe into the pit.
(Psa 28:2) Heare the voyce of my petitions, when I crie vnto thee, when I holde vp mine handes towarde thine holy Oracle.
(Notes Reference) Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy (b) holy oracle.
(b) He counts himself as a dead man, till God shows his favour toward him, and grants him his petition.
(Psa 28:3) Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.
(Notes Reference) (c) Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
(c) Destroy not the good with the bad.
(Psa 28:4) Reward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward.
(Notes Reference) (d) Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
(d) He thus prayed in respect to God's glory and not for his own cause, being assured that God would punish the persecutors of his Church.
(Psa 28:5) For they regarde not the woorkes of the Lord, nor the operation of his handes: therefore breake them downe, and builde them not vp.
(Notes Reference) Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall (e) destroy them, and not build them up.
(e) Let them be utterly destroyed as in (Mal 1:4).
(Psa 28:6) Praised be the Lord, for he hath heard the voyce of my petitions.
(Notes Reference) (f) Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
(f) Because he felt the assurance of God's help in his heart, his mouth was opened to sing his praises.
(Psa 28:7) The Lord is my strength and my shielde: mine heart trusted in him, and I was helped: therfore mine heart shall reioyce, and with my song will I praise him.
(Psa 28:8) The Lord is their strength, and he is the strength of the deliuerances of his anointed.
(Notes Reference) The LORD [is] (g) their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed.
(g) Meaning his soldiers who were means by which God declared his power.
(Psa 28:9) Saue thy people, and blesse thine inheritance: feede them also, and exalt them for euer.
Passage 3: Matthew 14
(Mat 14:1) At that time Herod the Tetrarche heard of the fame of Iesus,
(Notes Reference) (1) At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
(1) Here is in John, an example of an invincible courage, which all faithful ministers of God's word ought to follow: in Herod, an example of tyrannous vanity, pride, and cruelty, and in short, of a refined conscience, and of their miserable slavery, who have given themselves over to pleasure: in Herodias and her daughter, an example of whore-like licentious women, and womanly cruelty.
(Mat 14:2) And sayde vnto his seruaunts, This is that Iohn Baptist, hee is risen againe from the deade, and therefore great woorkes are wrought by him.
(Notes Reference) And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty (a) works do shew forth themselves in him.
(a) By works he means that force and power by which works are performed, and not the works which are often seen before.
(Mat 14:3) For Herod had taken Iohn, and bounde him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.
(Mat 14:4) For Iohn saide vnto him, It is not lawfull for thee to haue her.
(Mat 14:5) And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.
(Mat 14:6) But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herod.
(Notes Reference) But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased (b) Herod.
(b) There were three Herods: the first of them was Antipater's son, who is also called Ascalonius, in whose reign Christ was born, and it was he that caused the children to be slain. The second was called Antipas, Magnus his son, whose mother's name was Malthaca or Martaca, and he was called Tetrarch, because he enlarged his dominion, when Archelaus was banished to Vienna in France. The third was Agrippa, Magnus his nephew by Aristobulus, and it was he that slew James.
(Mat 14:7) Wherefore he promised with an othe, that he would giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.
(Mat 14:8) And shee being before instructed of her mother, sayde, Giue mee here Iohn Baptists head in a platter.
(Mat 14:9) And the King was sorie: neuerthelesse because of the othe, and them that sate with him at the table, he commanded it to be giuen her,
(Mat 14:10) And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.
(Mat 14:11) And his head was brought in a platter, and giuen to the maide, and shee brought it vnto her mother.
(Mat 14:12) And his disciples came, and tooke vp the bodie, and buried it, and went, and tolde Iesus.
(Mat 14:13) And when Iesus heard it, hee departed thence by shippe into a desert place apart. And when the multitude had heard it, they followed him on foote out of the cities.
(Mat 14:14) And Iesus went foorth and sawe a great multitude, and was mooued with compassion toward them, and he healed their sicke.
(Notes Reference) (2) And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
(2) Christ feeds a great multitude with five loaves and two little fish, showing by it that they will lack nothing who lay all things aside and seek the kingdom of heaven.
(Mat 14:15) And when euen was come, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desart place, and the time is alreadie past: let the multitude depart, that they may goe into the townes, and bye them vitailes.
(Mat 14:16) But Iesus saide to them, They haue no neede to goe away: giue yee them to eate.
(Mat 14:17) Then saide they vnto him, Wee haue here but fiue loaues, and two fishes.
(Mat 14:18) And he saide, Bring them hither to me.
(Mat 14:19) And hee commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grasse, and tooke the fiue loaues and the two fishes, and looked vp to heauen and blessed, and brake, and gaue the loaues to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
(Mat 14:20) And they did all eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained, twelue baskets full.
(Mat 14:21) And they that had eaten, were about fiue thousande men, beside women and litle children.
(Mat 14:22) And straightway Iesus compelled his disciples to enter into a shippe, and to goe ouer before him, while he sent the multitude away.
(Mat 14:23) And assoone as hee had sent the multitude away, he went vp into a moutaine alone to pray: and when the euening was come, hee was there alone.
(Mat 14:24) And the shippe was nowe in the middes of the sea, and was tossed with waues: for it was a contrarie winde.
(Notes Reference) (3) But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
(3) We must sail even through mighty tempests, and Christ will never forsake us, so that we can go wherever he has commanded us to go.
(Mat 14:25) And in the fourth watch of the night, Iesus went vnto them, walking on the sea.
(Notes Reference) And in the (c) fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
(c) By the fourth watch is meant the time nearer to day break: for in ancient times they divided the night into four watches in which they posted watches.
(Mat 14:26) And when his disciples sawe him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit, and cried out for feare.
(Notes Reference) And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a (d) spirit; and they cried out for fear.
(d) A spirit, as it is taken here, is that which a man imagines to himself vainly in his mind, persuading himself that he sees something when he sees nothing.
(Mat 14:27) But straight way Iesus spake vnto them, saying, Be of good comfort, It is I: be not afraide.
(Mat 14:28) Then Peter answered him, and saide, Master, if it be thou, bid me come vnto thee on the water.
(Notes Reference) (4) And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
(4) By faith we tread under our feet even the tempests themselves, but only by the power of Christ, which helps that faith, which he by his mercy has given.
(Mat 14:29) And he saide, Come. And when Peter was come downe out of the shippe, he walked on the water, to goe to Iesus.
(Mat 14:30) But when he sawe a mightie winde, he was afraide: and as he began to sinke, he cried, saying, Master, saue me.
(Mat 14:31) So immediatly Iesus stretched foorth his hande, and caught him, and saide to him, O thou of litle faith, wherefore diddest thou doubt?
(Mat 14:32) And assoone as they were come into the ship, the winde ceased.
(Mat 14:33) Then they that were in the ship, came and worshipped him, saying, Of a trueth thou art the Sonne of God.
(Mat 14:34) And when they were come ouer, they came into the land of Gennezaret.
(Notes Reference) And when they were gone over, they came into the land of (e) Gennesaret.
(e) This Gennesaret was a lake near Capernaum, which is also called the Sea of Galilee or Tiberias; so the country itself grew to be called Gennesaret.
(Mat 14:35) And when the men of that place knewe him, they sent out into all that countrey rounde about, and brought vnto him all that were sicke,
(Notes Reference) (5) 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;
(5) In that act where Christ heals the sick, we are shown that we must seek remedy for spiritual diseases at his hands: and that we ourselves are bound to not only run to him, but also to bring others unto him.
(Mat 14:36) And besought him, that they might touch the hemme of his garment onely: and as many as touched it, were made whole.