Healings near Gennesaret 6:53-56 (cf. Matt. 14:34-36 ) - Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

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Jesus returned to Galilee from the predominantly Gentile area where He had been recently.

6:53 Gennesaret was the name of a town and the name of a plain on which the town stood. The region was the northwest coast of the lake. It was so prominent because of its agricultural richness that another name for the Sea of Galilee was the Sea of Gennesaret (Luke 5:1).¹⁷²It was an area of dense population.

6:54-56 These verses summarize Jesus' ministry in many towns on many days before His next withdrawal to Phoenicia. Mark stressed the immense popularity of Jesus and His generous healing of multitudes of sick people. "Cured"(v. 56) is literally "saved"(Gr. sozo) The sick experienced deliverance from their infirmities and restoration to physical soundness. That is the salvation in view.