Matthew 8:1
And as he descended from the mountain, great multitudes gathered around him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 8:18And when Jesus saw great multitudes, around him, he ordered that they should go to the site shore.
Matthew 15:30And great multitudes came to him; and with them were the lame, and the blind, and the dumb, and the maimed, and many others: and they laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them.
Matthew 20:29And as Jesus passed out of Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Luke 5:15And his fame spread abroad still more: and much people assembled to hear him, and to be cured of 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 →