ὅλη ἡ πόλις. Popular hyperbole, like πᾶσα and πάντες in Mark 1:5, and πάντες in Mark 1:37.

ἐπισυνηγμένη πρὸς τὴν θύραν. “Flocked towards the door and formed a dense crowd there.” Note the periphrastic tense (Mark 1:6; Mark 1:22), and the double compound; one concourse came on the top of another. Cf. ἐπισυνάγαγε ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν (Psalms 106:47). Mt., as often, omits the dense crowds which impeded Christ.

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Old Testament