καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντες, going forth from thence, i.e., from the scene of the last cure, wherever that was: it might be north or south of their destination (Capernaum) Caesarea Philippi or Tabor. παρεπορεύοντο, they passed along without tarrying anywhere. Some take the παρὰ in the compound verb to mean, went along by-ways, to avoid publicity: “diverticulo ibant, non via regia,” Grotius. It is certainly true that Jesus had become so well known in Galilee that it would be difficult for Him on the thoroughfares to escape recognition as He wished (οὐκ ἤθελεν ἵνα τις γνοῖ).

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