<p>14:35&nbsp;<em>And when the men of that place recognised him-&nbsp;</em>This would suggest that they didn't know His face. Their faith was therefore based around the word about Christ which they had heard. Matthew may well have this in mind as an example to the audiences he is preaching too, who were likewise hearing about Christ and being asked to show practical faith in Him, even though they had not seen Him. We in our generation are of course in the same situation.</p>
<p><em>They sent word to all in that region and brought to him all who were sick</em>- These &quot;men&quot; were not disciples. But they 'sent out'- Gk.&nbsp;<em>apostello</em>. Although they were not the apostles, they acted as apostles, purely on the basis of what they had heard about Jesus, as they had not personally seen Him before. And they sent out the message to &quot;all&quot;, inviting people to come to Jesus and 'leading' them to Him (AV &quot;brought them to Jesus&quot;). This is all very much the language and concepts of the great commission. That commission was to be obeyed by those who had not personally met the Lord, whose faith was based upon the word of others; and they were to do the work of apostles, going to &quot;all&quot; and urging people to come to Jesus. These &quot;men&quot; of Gennesaret are being set up as a model of obedience to the great commission, and are therefore a particular role model for our generation. Mark seems to put the emphasis at this point on the Lord going out into all the region. Mk. 6:56 speaks of His preaching campaign as focusing on the towns, villages and &quot;country&quot; - in modern terms, the villages, hamlets and isolated rural dwellings. He made the effort to get out to the individuals, the poorest and loneliest of&nbsp;society. So the Lord went out to people in those hamlets (Mk.), and yet people from those hamlets came to Him (Mt.). This is how the Lord operates to this day. God is in search of man, and yet man is in search of God- hence the cosmic joy in the &lsquo;touch&rsquo; of meeting.</p>
<p>&quot;Sick&quot;, Gk.&nbsp;<em>kakos</em>&nbsp;can mean a very wide range of illness, including spiritually.</p>
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