Many Healed at Gennesaret

34 And after they[a] had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. 35 And when[b] the men of that place recognized him, they sent word into that whole surrounding region, and they brought to him all those who were sick.[c] 36 And they were imploring him that they might only touch the edge[d] of his cloak, and all those who touched it[e] were cured.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:34 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had crossed over”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 14:35 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“recognized”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Matthew 14:35 Literally “having badly”
  4. Matthew 14:36 Or “tassel”
  5. Matthew 14:36 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

34 After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.[a] 35 When the people[b] there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him. 36 They begged him if[c] they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:34 sn Gennesaret was a fertile plain south of Capernaum (see also Mark 6:53). The Sea of Galilee was also sometimes known as the Sea of Gennesaret (Luke 5:1).
  2. Matthew 14:35 tn Grk “men”; the word here (ἀνήρ, anēr) usually indicates males or husbands, but occasionally is used in a generic sense of people in general, as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 1.a, 2).
  3. Matthew 14:36 tn Grk “asked that they might touch.”

34 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him 36 and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak,(A) and all who touched it were healed.

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