Mark 2:1. Capernaum. ‘His own city.' Matthew 9:1.

After some days. More than one day, but how many does not appear. Still even this indefinite mark of time favors the view, that the order of this Evangelist is exact.

Noised. This suggests a private entrance into the city, and then a general report that He was there.

In the house . The article is wanting in the original; the phrase is equivalent to ‘at home;' but with the additional idea of having come there. It is therefore probable that the house was His usual residence in Capernaum, but this is not definitely expressed.

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