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Matthew 14:36 KJV
Matthew · chapter 14 · verse 36
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.Matthew 14:36 · King James Version
Matthew 14:36 in context
34And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
35And 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;
36And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- besoughtparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- garmenthimationa garment , garmentsG2440 →
- touchhaptomaito fasten one s self to, adhere to, cling to, to touch, of carnal intercourse with a…G680 →
- onlymonononly, alone, butG3440 →
- hemkraspedonthe extremity or prominent part of a thing, edge, skirt, margin, the fringe of a garment…G2899 →
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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 of land that lay between Bethsaida and Capernaum, and either gave the name to, or took the name fRom.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 34-36