Matthew 8:1 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 8:1

When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

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ASV

And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

KJV

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Chapter 8, Verse 1) When Jesus had come down from the mountain, many crowds followed him, and behold, a leper came and knelt before him, saying, 'Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.' When the Lord came down from the mountain, crowds gathered, for they were unable to ascend to higher places. And the leper was the first to meet him. For he had not yet been able to hear the Savior's message about the leprosy while on the mountain.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

When he was come down from the mountain,.... Into which he went up, and preached the sermon recorded in the "three" preceding chapters: great multitudes followed him: which is mentioned, partly to shew, that the people which came from several parts, still continued with him, being affected with his discourses and miracles; and partly on account of the following miracle, of healing the leper, which was not done in a corner, but before great multitudes, who were witnesses of it: though some think this miracle was wrought more privately.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The eighth chapter of St. Matthew’s Gospel is full of our Lord’s miracles: no less than five are specially recorded. There is beautiful fitness in this. It was fitting that the greatest sermon ever preached should be immediately followed by mighty proofs that the preacher was the Son of God. Those who heard the Sermon on the Mount would be obliged to confess that as “none spake such words as this man,” so also no one did such works.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καταβάντος	Katabantos	When was coming down	G2597 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	He	G846 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ὄρους	orous	mountain	G3735 →
ἠκολούθησαν	ēkolouthēsan	followed	G190 →
αὐτῷ	autō	Him	G846 →
ὄχλοι	ochloi	crowds	G3793 →
πολλοί.	polloi	great.	G4183 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 20:29
As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.
leads to
- Mark 10:46–52
  Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.
- Luke 18:35–43
  As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
Through
Matthew 4:25
The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
leads to
- Luke 6:17
  Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 5:20
  So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
Through
Mark 3:7
So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
leads to
- Matthew 12:15
  Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 4:25
  The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
Through
Matthew 8:18
When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.
leads to
- Luke 4:42–43
  At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.
- Luke 8:22
  One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew