And he arose, and departed to his house.
And he arose, and departed to his house.
And he, having risen, went to his house,
And he rose up and went to his house.
Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
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(Verse 7, 8.) Rise, take up your bed, and go to your house. And he rose and went to his house. And when the crowds saw it, they were afraid and glorified God, who had given such authority to men. And if the paralyzed man rises, if he recovers his former strength, he carries his bed on which he lay before, and carries it into his house of virtues.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420patristic
And he arose, and departed to his house.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
