“And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.”
He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, stretch out your hand. He did so, and his hand was completely restored — the looking around at them all communicates Jesus' full awareness of the watching crowd before he acts. Stretch out your hand: the command requires the man's active participation — he must stretch out the hand he cannot use. He did so, and it was completely restored: the obedience to the command in faith is the action through which the healing occurs.
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