Mark 5:20

Mark 5:20

18 And when He got into the boat, ^ahe who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him.

19 However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.”

20 And he departed and began to ^aproclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all ^bmarveled.

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21 ^aNow when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.

22 ^aAnd behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet

Commentaries:

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And he departed, and began to publish—not only among his friends, to whom Jesus immediately sent him, but

in Decapolis—so called, as being a region of ten cities. (See on Matthew 4:25).

how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel—Throughout that considerable region did this monument of mercy proclaim his new-found Lord; and some, it is to be hoped, did more than "marvel."

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