And all the city was gathered together at the door.
The gathering took place after sunset when the Sabbath had ended, so that Sabbath restrictions no longer kept people from seeking healing and they could come without fear of being regarded as Sabbath transgressors. It was the whole city, the people of Capernaum, gathered together at the door of the home where Jesus was staying. Those brought to Him were the sick and afflicted with many kinds of illness and helplessness, carried in many cases by friends while others came on their own seeking healing and help.
Jesus healed and delivered all who came to Him, speaking comforting words and healing disease with a word or a touch. The ministry continued for hours with the crowd coming and going, and He worked until every sufferer had been relieved, so that the multitude did not depart until far into the night. Those healed returned home restored and rejoicing, bringing relief and joy to sufferers and families, while the widespread healings produced excitement, triumph, and shouts of deliverance as living evidence of divine power.
The gathering shows a daily rhythm of preaching and healing, after which He dismissed the people to rest, spent the night in prayer, and renewed His work in the morning. The gathering of all the city at the door shows that His Sabbath healing work was so extensive and widespread as to be beyond computation. He never grew weary in that work, and His unwearied labor is the pattern example to follow, for His practice was not confined but was the world. In the days of Christ, human beings were truly possessed by demons.
The gathering took place after sunset when the Sabbath had ended, so that Sabbath restrictions no longer kept people from seeking healing and they could come without fear of being regarded as Sabbath transgressors. It was the whole city, the people of Capernaum, gathered together at the door of the home where Jesus was staying. Those brought to Him were the sick and afflicted with many kinds of illness and helplessness, carried in many cases by friends while others came on their own seeking healing and help.
Jesus healed and delivered all who came to Him, speaking comforting words and healing disease with a word or a touch. The ministry continued for hours with the crowd coming and going, and He worked until every sufferer had been relieved, so that the multitude did not depart until far into the night. Those healed returned home restored and rejoicing, bringing relief and joy to sufferers and families, while the widespread healings produced excitement, triumph, and shouts of deliverance as living evidence of divine power.
The gathering shows a daily rhythm of preaching and healing, after which He dismissed the people to rest, spent the night in prayer, and renewed His work in the morning. The gathering of all the city at the door shows that His Sabbath healing work was so extensive and widespread as to be beyond computation. He never grew weary in that work, and His unwearied labor is the pattern example to follow, for His practice was not confined but was the world. In the days of Christ, human beings were truly possessed by demons.