all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him No doubt his case of eight-years-long paralysis was well known to the dwellers in the village and neighbourhood, and to see such a one about in their midst again would be a cause for general remark and enquiry into the manner of his restoration. "When the Scripture saith allit doth not comprehend every one, how many soever it noteth, but it putteth allfor the more part, or for many, or for the common sort of men" (Calvin on this verse).

Saron Heb. Sharon. It is doubtful whether by this name is intended some village in the neighbourhood of Lydda or the whole district known as the "plain of Sharon," and extending along the coast from Joppa to Cæsarea. No place of this name has been noticed in the neighbourhood, and as in the original the word has the article, "the Sharon," it is better to refer it to the district.

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