And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
Ver. 2. And great multitudes followed him] Though he were then to die. For all that follows from this Matthew 19:1,30; Matthew 20:1,34; Matthew 21:1,46; Matthew 22:1,46; Matthew 23:1,39; Matthew 24:1,51, seems to be a relation, of the acts of the last three months of his life. Follow God, was a moral precept of the heathen sages, τοις θεοις επου, who therein placed the safety and happiness of a man. Magnus est animas qui se Deo tradidit, Great is the spirit that surrenders himself to God, saith Seneca. He is a brave man that follows God through thick and thin, through whatsoever hardship.