ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν. Cf. Mark 1:45, where the cleansed leper does the same, and Mark 7:36, where the healed deaf-mute and his friends do the same.

ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς. He had been told to report all that God had done for him, but it was natural that he should name the visible Benefactor. Lk. marks the contrast strongly, with ὁ θεός at the end of one sentence and ὁ Ἰησοῦς at the end of the other. Mk intimates that in other respects the man did more than execute his commission; κηρύσσειν (Mark 1:4; Mark 1:7; Mark 1:39; Mark 1:45; Mark 3:14; Mark 6:12, etc.) is stronger than ἀπάγγειλον (Mark 6:30; Luke 7:18; Luke 7:22, etc.); and ἐν τῇ Δεκαπόλει is much wider than πρὸς τοὺς σούς. “The ‘Decapolis’ was used loosely, without strict reference to the federated cities, the lists of which varied (Mark 7:31; Matthew 4:25).”

καὶ πάντες ἐθαύμαζον. Mk only. It was an unfruitful kind of wonder at present; cf. Mark 2:12; Mark 5:42.

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