Matthew 8:1
Now as he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
In Context
2And behold a leper came and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me:
Cross References
Matthew 8:18But when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, he gave orders for departing to the other side of the lake.
Matthew 15:30And great multitudes came to Him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and laid them at the feet of Jesus, and He healed them.
Matthew 20:29And as they were going from Jericho, a great multitude followed Him:
Luke 5:15But the fame of Him spread more and more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.
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 →