Mark 5:43. Charged them much. A tumult might be excited, the carnal expectations about the Messiah might be roused. Comp. Mark 1:43; Matthew 8:30, etc.

That something be given her to eat. The miraculous power now ceased: she needed food; her strength would be recovered by natural means. At the same time it was an evidence that she was actually restored. Matthew, who was probably outside with the other disciples, tells of the spreading of the report of this miracle, while Mark, probably informed about it by Peter who was inside the house, gives the particulars of what occurred there.

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