Jesus refuses, and, contrary to His usual practice, bids the healed one go and spread the news, as a kind of missionary to Decapolis, as the Twelve were to Galilee. The first apostle of the heathen (Holtz. (H. C.) after Volkmar). Jesus determined that those who would not have Himself should have His representative. πεποίηκεν, perfect, the effect abiding: hath done for me, as you see. ἠλέησέν σε : pitied thee at the time of cure. ὅσα may be understood before ἠλ. = and how, etc., or καὶ ἠλ. may be a Hebraising way of speaking for ἐλεήσας σε (Grotius). Κυριός : the subject to the two verbs = God, as in O. T. Sept [34] [34] Septuagint.

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