And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
Ver. 14. Was moved with compassion, and healed their sick] Christ's mercy was not a mouth mercy: such as was that of those in St James's time, that said to their necessitous neighbours, Depart in peace, be warmed: but with what? with a fire of words. Be filled: but with what? with a mess of words. For they gave them not those things that were needful to the body, James 1:22,27. But our Saviour, out of deep commiseration, both pitied the people, and healed them on both sides, within and without. Oh, how well may he be called a Saviour, which in the original is a word so full of emphasis, that other tongues can hardly find a fit word to express it by. a
a Sotera inscriptum vidi Syracusis. Hoc quantum est? Ita magnum, ut Latine uno verbo exprimi non possit. Cicero.