MATTHEW 14:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.”
And implored him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well. The fringe-touching healing — paralleling the woman with the hemorrhage in Matthew 9:20 — communicates the extension of healing power through faith-contact with Jesus' garment. The as many as touched it were made well is the summary of comprehensive healing: everyone who came in contact with Jesus through the fringe of his garment received the healing they sought.
Church Fathers on Matthew 14:36
The Evangelist had related above that the Lord had commanded His disciples to enter the boat, and to go before Him across the strait; he now proceeds with the same intention to relate whither they arrived by their passage, 'And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennezareth.'
The land of Gennezar, by the lake of Gennezareth, takes its name from a natural power which it is said to have of spontaneously modulating its waters so as to excite a breeze; the Greek words importing, 'creating for itself the breeze.'
But the Evangelist shews that it was now long time since Christ had come into these parts; for it follows, 'And where the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that region.'
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