Mat 9:1. Διεπέρασε, He crossed over) Being asked to do so by the Gergesenes. The Lord does not force His blessings on the unwilling.[390]-ἰδίαν, His own) sc. Capernaum, exalted by this inhabitant.
[390] And by that very fact He excited in men the more ardent desires after Him, inasmuch as He did not make too long delays in the one place.-Harm., 1. c.