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Mark 7:31

King James Version (KJV)

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And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

Mark 7:31 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Mark 7:31

Theological / Devotional

Departing. [A Deaf-Mute Healed; Miracles in Decapolis, Mark 7:31–37=Matt. 15:29–31. Major comment: Mark. See Retirement from Public Ministry; The Ministry of Our Lord; on miracles pp. 208–213.] Concerning the region Mark here refers to, from which Christ now “departed,” see on Matt. 15:21. Matthew says nothing of the route Jesus followed upon the return journey from Phoenicia.

Coasts. Literally, “boundaries,” here meaning “territory.”

And Sidon. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 146) the reading “through Sidon,” meaning that from the vicinity of Tyre Jesus went farther northward before turning east and south in the direction of Decapolis.

Sea of Galilee. Probably proceeding southward along the eastern shore of the lake.

Decapolis. See p. 46; see on Matt. 4:25.

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