And all the city was gathered together at the door.
Ver. 33. All the city] i.e. The sick folk in the city by a synecdoche. a As all that were in debt or distress came to David, and he received them; so all that were diseased came to this Son of David, and he relieved them.
a A figure by which a more comprehensive term is used for a less comprehensive or vice versa; as whole for part or part for whole, genus for species or species for genus, etc. Formerly sometimes used loosely or vaguely, and not infrequently misexplained. ŒD