And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
Study Helps
Interpretation
Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are as chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicked courses; but they break those bands in sunder; and it is an evidence of the power of the devil in them.
Glossary
- Decapolis Place
- Ten cities=deka, ten, and polis, a city, a district on the east and south-east of the Sea of Galilee containing “ten cities,” which were chiefly inhabited by Greeks. Modern identification: Decapolis.