Matthew 8:1
And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 8:18Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.
Matthew 15:30And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:
Matthew 20:29And when they were going out from Jericho, a great number went after him.
Luke 5:15But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:1
The evangelist having, in the foregoing chapters, given us a specimen of our Lord's preaching, proceeds now to give some instances of the miracles he wrought, which prove him a Teacher come from God, and the great Healer of a diseased world. In this chapter we have, I. Christ's cleansing of a leper, ver. 1-4 . II. His curing a palsy and fever, ver. 5-18 . III. His communing with two that were disposed to follow him, ver. 19-22 . IV. His controlling the tempest, ver. 23-27 . V. His casting out devils, ver. 28-34 . Read the whole commentary →