Rachel Workman:
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Matthew
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Mark
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Luke
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John
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24 News about him spread as
far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And
whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or
epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all. 25 Large crowds followed him wherever he
went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns,[h] Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from
east of the Jordan River. 15 But Jesus knew what they were planning. So he left that area, and many people followed him. He healed all the sick among them, 16 but he warned them not to reveal who he was. |
7 Jesus went out to
the lake with his disciples, and a large crowd followed him. They came from
all over Galilee, Judea, 8 Jerusalem,
Idumea, from east of the Jordan River, and even from as far north as Tyre and
Sidon. The news about his miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers
of people came to see him. 9 Jesus instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not crush him. 10 He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him. 11 And whenever those possessed by evil[a] spirits caught sight of him, the spirits would throw them to the ground in front of him shrieking, “You are the Son of God!” 12 But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was. Seriously even the demons know who Jesus is. |
17 When they came down
from the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a large, level area,
surrounded by many of his followers and by the crowds. There were people from
all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from as far north as the seacoasts of
Tyre and Sidon. 18 They
had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those troubled
by evil[b] spirits were healed. 19 Everyone tried to touch
him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone. To
stop for a minute and really think about this. Healing power went out
from him. He radiated healing powers. Just a touch from Jesus and they
were healed. Seems like old news for us but it's still amazing. We don't
know how many people but enough that Jesus was concerned about being
crushed. Wow. Just imagine that crowd!
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John Burnett:
Matthew
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Mark
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Luke
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John
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24 News
about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him
all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they
were demon possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all.
25 Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the
Ten Towns,[h] Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.
15 But
Jesus knew what they were planning. So he left that area, and many
people followed him. He healed all the sick among them, 16 but he warned
them not to reveal who he was.
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7 Jesus
went out to the lake with his disciples, and a large crowd followed
him. They came from all over Galilee, Judea, 8 Jerusalem, Idumea, from
east of the Jordan River, and even from as far north as Tyre and Sidon.
The news about his miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers of
people came to see him.
9 Jesus
instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not
crush him. 10 He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people
eagerly pushed forward to touch him. 11 And whenever those possessed by
evil[a]
spirits caught sight of him, the spirits would throw them to the ground
in front of him shrieking, “You are the Son of God!” 12 But Jesus
sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was. Even the demons knew that he was the Son of God.
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17 When
they came down from the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a
large, level area, surrounded by many of his followers and by the
crowds. There were people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and
from as far north as the seacoasts of Tyre and Sidon. 18 They had come
to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those troubled by
evil[b] spirits were healed. 19 Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone. John talks about all the miracles that Jesus did would fill up a library full of books.
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I
can imagine the scene looked kinda like a Benny Hinn Healing meeting.
The difference is that Jesus was actually healing people. Did these
people deserve to be healed? No, just like we are not deserving of the
grace that Jesus shows us.
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Mike Grimm:
Matthew
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Mark
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Luke
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John
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24 News
about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him
all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they
were demon possessed
or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all. 25 Large crowds followed
him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns,[h]
Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.
15 But
Jesus knew what they were planning. So he left that area, and many
people followed him. He healed all the sick among them, 16 but he warned
them not to reveal
who he was.
Jesus didn’t want the people to spread His fame which appears to have already been a problem (Mat 4:24) and which had caused Him not to be able to move about freely
(Mark 1:45)
seems to be a relevant reason. Jesus had had to rely on the people
coming to Him rather than on going out to meet them where they were and
He was therefore unable to reach the people who wouldn’t have ever been
able to leave behind them their profession
to travel however many miles it took to catch up with Him.
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7 Jesus
went out to the lake with his disciples, and a large crowd followed
him. They came from all over Galilee, Judea, 8 Jerusalem, Idumea, from
east of the Jordan
River, and even from as far north as Tyre and Sidon. The news about his
miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers of people came to
see him.
Jesus’
approach to his ministry is counter-intuitive to conventional wisdom.
He did not go looking for fame. He did not seek self-promotion. His
singular drive was
to glorify his Father through a life of service that ended on a cross.
9 Jesus
instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not
crush him. 10 He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people
eagerly pushed
forward to touch him. 11 And whenever those possessed by evil[a]
spirits caught sight
of him, the spirits would throw them to the ground in front of him
shrieking, “You are the Son of God!” 12 But Jesus sternly commanded the
spirits not to reveal who he was.
Until now, those coming to hear Jesus, who is in Capernaum (Mark 2:1),
were from a relatively local geographic area, presumably in and near to
Capernaum (Galilee),
maybe with the exception of some of the scribes and Pharisees who
probably came up from Jerusalem. Now we see that people from beyond
that local area are traveling to Him, but it seems only to receive the
physical healing of which they had undoubtedly heard.
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The
Sermon on the Plain may be Luke’s account of the same occasion and
teaching recorded in Matthew
5-7 called, The Sermon on the Mount, or it may simply be a similar
teaching given on a different occasion. Some elements are virtually
identical whereas others are totally different. This Sermon contains a
little more than a fourth of the content of the other
and has woes that are not included in the Sermon on the Mount.
17 When
they came down from the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a
large, level area, surrounded by many of his followers and by the
crowds. There were
people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from as far north as
the seacoasts of Tyre and Sidon. 18 They had come to hear him and to be
healed of their diseases; and those troubled by evil[b]
spirits were healed. 19 Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone.
Those who were demonized, as well as those who had other illnesses, were all healed. And Jesus
attributes the healing to the “power that went out from Him,” that is, Jesus.
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