Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Into the next towns (eiv tav exomenav kwmopoleiv). It was a surprising decision for Jesus to leave the eager, excited throngs in Capernaum for the country town or village cities without walls or much importance. Only instance of the word in the N.T. Late Greek word. The use of exomenav for next is a classic use meaning clinging to, next to a thing. So in Luke 13:33; Acts 13:44; Acts 20:15; Hebrews 6:9. "D" here has egguv (near).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 1:38:
Hebrews 6:9
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