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20. ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν. Cf. Mar 1:45, where the cleansed leper does the same, and Mar 7:36, where the healed deaf-mute and his friends do the same.
ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς. He had been told to report all that God had done for him, but it was natural that he should name the visible Benefactor. Lk. marks the contrast strongly, with ὁ θεός at the end of one sentence and ὁ Ἰησοῦς at the end of the other. Mk intimates that in other respects the man did more than execute his commission; κηρύσσειν (Mar 1:4; Mar 1:7; Mar 1:39; Mar 1:45, Mar 3:14, Mar 6:12, etc.) is stronger than ἀπάγγειλον (Mar 6:30; Luk 7:18; Luk 7:22, etc.); and ἐν τῇ Δεκαπόλει is much wider than πρὸς τοὺς σούς. “The ‘Decapolis’ was used loosely, without strict reference to the federated cities, the lists of which varied (Mar 7:31; Mat 4:25).”
καὶ πάντες ἐθαύμαζον. Mk only. It was an unfruitful kind of wonder at present; cf. Mar 2:12, Mar 5:42.