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 QUESTION 
 
 BY 
 
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 PREFACE 
 
 I SEND this fragment to the press with extreme 
 hesitation and diffidence, especially being a 
 layman ; but the question has so ingrained itself 
 into my mind, that I feel constrained to put it 
 forward for consideration. 
 
 I sincerely hope I have not used any phrase or 
 word inconsistent with the reverence due to so 
 sacred a subject. 
 
 If I have unwittingly erred in that respect, 
 the reader must kindlv overlook it as incidental 
 imperfection. 
 
 London, Novemher, 1878. 
 
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 THE above question has been on my mind for 
 several years, and having thought it out to 
 the best of my abiHty, I now venture reverentially 
 to invite consideration of what is really a very im- 
 portant subject. 
 
 I cannot find that the question has ever been 
 
 raised. I asked Canon last spring whether 
 
 he could refer me to any books on the subject, but 
 he told me that, so far as he knew, the point had 
 never been mooted. 
 
 It seems to have been taken for granted on, as I 
 suppose, the two texts, (1) "In the evening He Markxiv. 17. 
 cometh with the Twelve," (2) " He sat down, and Luke xxii. 14. 
 the twelve Apostles with Him," that only the 
 Twelve were present with our Lord at the Last 
 Supper ; but I submit that there is nothing in the 
 context to show that the number then present was 
 absolutely limited to the Twelve, and that both 
 quotations only go to the extent, and that their 
 language would be satisfied by the statement, that 
 all the Twelve were then present. 
 
 If more than the Twelve were then present,
 
 6 How many persons were present 
 
 important points would flow out of that fact, but 
 into which it is not the province of this little 
 pamphlet to enter. 
 
 In considering the question, we must dismiss 
 from our minds all preconceived ideas and foregone 
 conclusions about it, and the teachings of Leonardo 
 da Vinci and all other painters : they either, 
 represent the Last Supper as being attended by 
 only the twelve Apostles, or they depict the 
 eleven, Judas being supposed to have previously 
 retired, or being shewn going out in the back- 
 ground. 
 
 We must, so far as we can, enter upon the 
 inquiry as if now started for the first time, and 
 see what information we can glean from the New 
 Testament for our guidance. 
 
 Let me, then, submit for consideration the follow- 
 ing remarks, giving the view which has ultimately 
 forced itself on my mind, and in so doing I desire 
 to call attention to the fact that the twelve 
 Apostles are not often separately referred to in the 
 Gospels. I have a stroug impression that many 
 minds fail to appreciate the distinction which 
 (as appears to me) should be drawn, in reading the 
 Gospels, between the words " Disciples " and 
 *' Apostles." 
 
 The word " disciples " does not of itself exclude 
 the general body of disciples who companied our 
 Lord as distinguished from the Twelve.
 
 at the Last Supper f 7 
 
 Beginning, then, at the baptism of John the 
 Baptist, when S. Andrew and another of John's 
 disciples (whose name is not given) followed our 
 Saviour, we are informed by S. Matthew that Matt. iv. 25. 
 great multitudes of people followed our Lord from 
 Galilee, and from Decapolis^ and from Jerusalem, 
 and from Judsea, and from beyond Jordan. And 
 S. Mark states to the same effect, viz. : A great 
 multitude from G-alilee followed Him, and from Mark iu. 7. 
 Judsea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumsea, and 
 from beyond Jordan ; and they about Tyre and 
 Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard 
 what great things He didy came unto Him : and 
 we are also told that He was without in desert Mark i. 45. 
 places, and the people came to Him from every 
 quarter. 
 
 Now it is important to observe that this hap- 
 pened before our Lord chose the Twelve. We Mark iii. 13. 
 find that He called unto Him His disciples whom 
 He would [apparently a great many], and they 
 came unto Him, and of them He chose Twelve ; Luke vi, 13. 
 or, as S. Mark states. He ordained Twelve, whom Mark m. 14. 
 also He named Apostles, that they should be with 
 Him, and that He might send them forth to 
 preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses, and Mark iii. 15. 
 to cast out devils. Here should be noted the 
 distinction made between Disciples and Apostles, 
 the latter having been chosen out of the general 
 body of the former, and thus we see He had a 
 general body of disciples, besides an inner circle Luke vi. 17.
 
 8 How many persons were present 
 
 (so to speak) of Twelve, whom He designated 
 Apostles. 
 Lukevii. II. Again: When our Saviour went into the city 
 called Nain, we read that many of His disciples 
 went with Him [which must surely mean His 
 disciples generally, and not solely the Twelve], 
 Luke viii. i. and much people ; we are also told that He went 
 throughout every city and village, preaching and 
 shewing the glad tidings of the Kingdom of Grod, 
 and the Twelve were with Him, and certain 
 women, &c. . These words do not negative the 
 supposition that His general disciples were with 
 Him in addition to the Twelve. 
 
 Mark iv. lo. Again : We read that when He was alone, 
 they that were about Him with the Twelve asked 
 of Him the parable of the sower. 
 
 This is an important statement. Here the word 
 " alone " only refers to the absence of the general 
 multitude, because we are expressly told that other 
 disciples were then about Him besides the Twelve. 
 
 Matt. xiii. lo. S. Matthcw puts it generally, — the disciples came 
 and said unto Him, Why speakest Thou unto them 
 in parables ? &c. : here the word " disciples " 
 clearly represents more than the Twelve. 
 
 Again : When our Saviour crossed the sea of 
 
 Matt. viii. 23. Gralilee to go to the country of the Gadarenes, He 
 entered into a ship^ and His disciples followed 
 Him ; but there were also with Him [that is, 
 
 Mark iv. 36. accompanying or following HimJ other little ships, 
 which we may reasonably suppose contained other
 
 at the Last Supper ? • 9 
 
 disciples ; there is nothing in the context to 
 contradict this view. 
 
 We now come to Christ's commission to the Matt. x. 5. 
 
 i-iix-^ -1 Mark vi, 7-14. 
 
 twelve Apostles, on which the Rev. Greorge Luke ix. 1-7. 
 Townsend, in his work on the New Testament, p. 170. 
 states (in a foot-note), "Our Lord had now con- 
 tinued His ministry till the whole population of 
 Judgea, Samaria, and G-aliiee, had heard of His 
 miracles and preaching. Many had followed Him 
 from place to place, and from these He selected 
 Twelve as the constant witnesses of His actions ; " 
 also, that our Lord '' a:ave the first commission to Ed. 1838, 
 His Apostles to proceed to the House of Israel, 
 and declare to them that their Messiah had come, 
 and to preach to them the Kingdom of Grod. Our 
 Lord afterwards sent out the Seventy to prepare 
 the people for His reception, enjoining them to Luke x. i. 
 preach in those cities only which Himself intended 
 to visit; whereas the Apostles were commanded 
 to preach to all the lost sheep of the House of 
 Israel." 
 
 On the return of the Twelve, they gathered Mark vi. 30. 
 themselves together and told our Saviour all 
 things, both what they had done and what they 
 had taught. 
 
 It would seem to be clear, as a general proposi- 
 tion, that other disciples accompanied our Lord in 
 His various mission-work besides the Twelve, 
 because we find that after He made the declaration 
 
 A 3
 
 lo How many persons were present 
 
 John vi. 66. witli reference to His being the Living Bread, 
 many of His disciples went back and walked no 
 more with Him, on which He addressed Himself 
 to the Twelve, *' Will ye also go away ? " &c. 
 
 I believe many persons do not sufficiently grasp 
 in their mind the fact that our Lord appears to 
 have been generally accompanied by a multitude 
 of people in His public ministrations besides His 
 disciples, but view His journeys and healings as if 
 He were only in company with the Twelve and 
 perhaps some of the inhabitants of the village in 
 which He happened to be. I have set out in the 
 Appendix some references bearing on this point. 
 
 I now refer to the important record of Christ's 
 announcing to His disciples the necessity of His 
 
 Matt. xvi. 21. death and resurrection ; viz. : " From that time 
 forth began Jesus to shew unto His disciples how 
 He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many 
 
 Markviii. 32. things," &c., and He spake that saying openly. 
 Surely this was to His disciples generally, and 
 probably also to the general multitude. 
 
 Matt, xviii. I. Again : When the disciples contended for 
 
 Mark ix, 33, , . . , ., , , t • i 
 
 Luke ix. 46. superiority, it would seem that other disciples 
 formed part of the company as well as the Twelve, 
 although the Twelve appear to have had the pre- 
 eminence given to them. Yet at the same time 
 it must be observed that "in the recognition of 
 the spiritual teaching and mission of Christ, the 
 Apostles made very slow progress, held back as
 
 at the Last Supper f 1 1 
 
 they were by weakness of apprehension and by 
 natural prejudices : they were compelled to ask of 
 Him the explanation of even His simplest parables, 
 and openly confessed their weakness of faith. On 
 His apprehension they all forsook Him, and fled. 
 They left His burial to one who was not of their 
 number, and to the women, and were only con- 
 vinced of His resurrection on the very plainest 
 proofs furnished by Himself."^ 
 
 When the Seventy returned to our Saviour, 
 saying. Lord, even the devils are subject unto 
 us through Thy name, He gave further power 
 to them, viz.: ''Behold, I give unto you power Luke x. 19. 
 to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the 
 power of the enemy : and nothing shall by any 
 means hurt you." 
 
 The exact period of their going out and of their 
 return appears to be uncertain, and it has (I 
 believe) been suggested that after their return 
 they went back to their ordinary occupations of 
 life; but there is nothing to be found in the 
 Gospels to that effect, and one would rather 
 suppose, and it would certainly seem to be more 
 natural, that, having carried out an express 
 mission given to them by our Lord in person, and 
 having had fresh or further power given to them 
 by Him on their return from such mission, they 
 would have continued to be His disciples and 
 
 ^ Quoted from Dr. Wm. Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, title 
 " Aix)stle "
 
 1 2 How many persons were present 
 
 would have companied Him in His after ministra- 
 tions. 
 
 Luke xviii. 31. Again : When our Saviour was going up to 
 Jerusalem for the last time, we read that He took 
 unto Him the Twelve, and said unto them. Behold, 
 we go up to Jerusalem, &c., and S. Matthew dis- 
 
 Matt. XX. 17. tinctly tells us that He took the twelve disciples 
 apart in the way ; from which we may reasonably 
 infer that the number of disciples who were then 
 following Him much exceeded twelve. 
 
 Luke xix. 37. Again : When Christ had arrived at the descent 
 of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the 
 
 Matt. xxi. 9. disciples and the multitudes that went before and 
 that followed began to rejoice. These words evi- 
 dently show that a great many disciples were 
 present besides the twelve Apostles, as the phrase 
 "the whole multitude of the disciples" is very 
 comprehensive, and must surely mean a great 
 company. 
 
 We now come to the period to which the ques- 
 tion of this little pamphlet refers. 
 
 On Maundy Thursday our Saviour sent forth 
 
 Mark xiv. 13. two of His disciplcs, who S. Luke informs us were 
 
 Luke xxii. 8. S. Peter and S. John, to prepare the Passover in a 
 
 large upper room furnished and prepared, which 
 
 would be shewn to them. 
 
 The following are the different translations of 
 that sentence, which has an important bearing on 
 the present question.
 
 at the Last Stepper ? 
 
 S. Mark xiv. 14. 
 
 The maistir seith, where is myn etynge place Wiciif, 1380. 
 where I schal ete paske with my disciplis, and 
 he schal schewe to you a greet soupinge place 
 araied. 
 
 a greate parlour paved and prepared. Tyndaie, 1534. 
 
 a greate parlour, which is paued and prepared. Coverdaie, 
 
 a greate parlour, paued and prepared. Cranmer, 
 
 1539. 
 
 an vpper chamber which is large, trimmed and Geneva, 1557. 
 pre]3ared. 
 
 a great chamber, adorned. 
 
 a large vpper roome furnished, and prepared. 
 
 Rheims, 1582. 
 
 Authorised, 
 1611. 
 
 S. Luke xxii. 12. 
 
 a great soupy nge place strewid. 
 
 a greate parloure paved. 
 a greate parlour paued. 
 a greate parloure paued. 
 
 a great hie chamber trimmed. 
 
 a great refectorie adorned. 
 
 a large vpper roume furnished. 
 
 A " large upper room " would not, I submit, be 
 needed for only thirteen persons, or at all events 
 would not be of sufficient importance to be 
 recorded. 
 
 Wiclif, 1380. 
 
 Tyndaie, 1534. 
 
 Coverdaie, 
 
 1535- 
 Cranmer, 
 
 1539- 
 Geneva, 1557. 
 
 Rheims, 1582, 
 
 Authorised, 
 1611.
 
 14 How many persons were present 
 
 Markxiv. 17. In the evening of that day He cometh with the 
 Twelve, or, according to S. Luke, He sat down, 
 and the twelve Apostles with Him. 
 
 Now I venture to submit that there is nothing 
 in this language to negative the proposition that 
 others were then present besides the Twelve : on 
 the contrary, we may reverentially entertain the 
 opinion that on the occasion of such a solemn act 
 as was then about to take place, when the Mosaic 
 dispensation with its types and shadows was about 
 to pass away, and a new and spiritual kingdom, 
 with new rites, new teachings, and new sacra- 
 ments, was about to be inaugurated for the whole 
 world, to last until the end of time, the declara- 
 tions and the acts of our Blessed Lord would not 
 have been limited to the Twelve, but would have 
 been manifested to all, or at any rate a great 
 portion of the Seventy (who had been out on 
 mission work on His express appointment, and to 
 
 Lukex. 17-20. whom He had given special power after their 
 return, as already stated, equal in fact to the 
 power with which the Twelve had been endued), 
 so that their own eyes might see and their own 
 ears might hear the Christian dispensation then 
 about to be founded. 
 
 This view has a corroboration in the words of 
 our Lord, "Who, on being asked at the table who it 
 
 Mark xiv. 20. was who should betray Him, stated, " It is one of 
 the Twelve that dippeth with Me in the dish." I 
 reverentially submit that under that language it is
 
 at the Last Supper ? 15 
 
 reasonable to suppose that others were present 
 besides the Twelve, otherwise the reply would be 
 satisfied with the words, *'It is one of you." 
 
 But our Lord had already stated, " One of you 
 shall betray Me." 
 
 If many disciples were then present,^ as well 
 as the Twelve, the declaration that " One of you 
 shall betray Me " would be addressed to all then 
 assembled round the table in that large upper 
 room ; whereupon all would reply with the question, 
 Is it I ? Is it I ? To which came the mournful 
 answer, "It is one of the Twelve." Thereupon, 
 the announcement being thus limited to the Twelve, 
 one of them motioned to another of the Twelve John xiii. 24. 
 who was next to our Lord, to ask who it should be 
 of whom He spake. 
 
 If this contention be admissible, it gives increased 
 importance to the fact that the Cup was given to Matt. xxvi. 27. 
 all who were present, and it is expressly recorded Mark xiv. 23. 
 that they all drank of it. 
 
 There are many places in the Gospels where the 
 word " disciples " is used to which I have not 
 called attention, as this paper is a mere fragment 
 put forth in the hope of drawing attention to 
 the question now propounded : for instance, when 
 S. Peter asserts that he will not deny our Lord, it Matt. xxvi. 35. 
 is stated, "likewise also said all the disciples;" 
 
 1 We find a somewhat similar illustration in the Old Testament, 
 where Moses went up, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Exod. xxiv. 9, 
 the elders of Israel, and they saw God, and did eat and drink. Exod. xxiv. 11.
 
 1 6 How many persons were present 
 
 johnxviii. i. and again, He went forth witli His disciples over 
 the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the 
 which He entered, and His disciples ; and we are 
 
 John xviii. 2. told that this was a place whither Jesus ofttimes 
 resorted with His disciples. Again, w^e read that 
 after our Saviour was taken, all the disciples 
 
 Matt. xxvi. 56. forsook Him, and fled. 
 
 There is nothing in any of these references to 
 show that the word " disciples " is intended to be 
 limited to the Twelve, but, on the contrary, it 
 would seem to be used as applying to the general 
 body of disciples. 
 
 If the general body of disciples went into the 
 Garden on the eve of Maundy Thursday (and 
 there is nothing to show that they did not), that 
 fact would give force to the announcement that 
 
 Mark xiv. 43. Judas at the betrayal had with him " a great 
 multitude with swords and staves, from the Chief 
 Priests," &c. — a great multitude of armed men 
 would not surely have been required as against 
 Christ with only the Eleven, and two swords, and 
 on]y one of them to be seized and taken to prison. 
 
 Matt. xxvi. 55. S. Matthew uses the expression, multitudes ; 
 
 Luke xxii. 47. and S. Luke, a multitude. 
 
 Again : A pre-arranged mode of identifying the 
 
 Matt. xxvi. 48. Person to be taken, — "Whomsoever I shall kiss, 
 that same is He," — would be necessary if He had 
 to be singled out from a numerous body of dis- 
 ciples, — but (I submit) not, if the whole number 
 was only twelve.
 
 at the Last Supper ? 17 
 
 I now ask attention to Cleopas and another Luke xxiv. 13. 
 disciple who journeyed to Emmaus on the day of 
 the resurrection. 
 
 It appears that they knew all those things Luke xxiv. 14. 
 which had happened, and it is quite clear from 
 what they stated to our Lord on the journey that 
 they had been well acquainted with Him, and had 
 companied with the Apostles on the morning of 
 that day, for they reported what had happened to 
 " certain women of our company who made us Luke xxiv. 22. 
 astonished, which were early at the sepulchre," 
 and again, that " certain of them which were with Luke xxiv. 24. 
 us went to the sepulchre ; " and they knew the 
 result, " Him they saw not." That being so, the 
 message of the angel in the sepulchre, '^ Tell His Mark xvi. 7. 
 disciples and Peter," would not be intended merely 
 for the Eleven, but (as I apprehend) for the general Luke xxiv. 9. 
 body of disciples. 
 
 Lastly and chiefly, I desire to point to what 
 took place on the occasion of the appointment of Acts i. 13-26. 
 S. Matthias, and especially to the language of 
 verses 21 and 22 of Acts i., which has in fact 
 finally influenced me in coming to the conclusion 
 suggested above. 
 
 If we are to give full effect to the important 
 statement contained in those two verses, the view 
 now put forward would appear to be a natural 
 consequent. 
 
 We here find that the eleven Apostles abode in
 
 1 8 How many persons were present 
 
 an upper room, and that they all continued with 
 one accord in prayer and supplication, with the 
 women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with 
 His brethren. And in those days Peter stood up 
 in the midst of the disciples, whose number is 
 stated to have been about an hundred and twenty, 
 and he made an address, expressly stating that 
 of these men (evidently referring to the 120 
 disciples) " wJiicli have com.panied with us all the 
 time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 
 beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same 
 day that He was taken up from us, must one be 
 ordained to he a witness with us of His resurrection : " 
 whereupon, out of the men then present they 
 appointed two, and proceeded (after prayer) to 
 the election of one of them by lot. 
 
 Here we have it on distinct record that all, or at 
 any rate the great majority of those then present, 
 had companied our Lord in all His ministrations 
 prior to the choosing of the Twelve, and had con- 
 tinued with Him up to the day of His Ascension, 
 and, as such, could testify personally with the 
 Apostles to His resurrection. 
 
 Is it, then, unreasonable to suppose, or is there 
 anything in any of the Gospels negativing the 
 proposition, that they formed part of those who 
 partook of the Last Supper ? And if we take the 
 Actsi. plain and positive language of the verses 21 and 
 
 22, can we do otherwise than come to the conclu-
 
 at the Last Snpper f 19 
 
 sion that where the word " disciples " is used in the 
 Grospels, it is (as a general rule) intended to refer 
 to a considerable number of persons beyond and in 
 addition to the Twelve, and did it not probably 
 include all, or at any rate the chief portion of the 
 Seventy ? 
 
 The phrase " all the tirae^' beginning from the 
 baptism of John unto the day of the Ascension, is 
 very comprehensive and explicit^ and unless 
 language is to be found in one or other of the four 
 Gospels expressly declaring to the contrary, the 
 contention now submitted would appear to be 
 correct. 
 
 This paper, being a mere fragment, is purposely 
 limited to a brief reference to material facts bear- 
 ing on the single point raised, with a few observa- 
 tions thereon, and the question is now submitted 
 to those who may feel an interest in the subject. 
 
 But I do not think anyone can look at it calmly 
 and dispassionately, unless he can put on one side 
 all preconceived notions, and take up the question 
 as quite an original idea. 
 
 The matter seems to range itself under three 
 heads : 
 
 1. Is the proposition now put forward main- 
 tainable under the language of the Gospels ? 
 
 2. If maintainable, is it improbable ? 
 
 3. If not improbable, is it not probable, having
 
 1 6. 
 
 20 Hozv many persons were present, &c, 
 
 regard to the general use of the word " disciples " 
 throughout the Gospels, and to the distinct 
 language of verses 21 and 22, Acts i. ? 
 
 If the proposition be sound, its significance 
 would extend to the question whether only the 
 eleven Apostles were present on the occasion of 
 our Saviour's Ascension, which is thus recorded 
 Matt, xxviii. by S. Matthew, " Then the eleven disciples went 
 away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus 
 had appointed them," &c. 
 
 Writers and painters represent the Ascension as 
 taking place in the presence of only the eleven 
 Apostles, and the Yirgin Mary ; but it seems clear 
 from the quoted verses in Acts i. that there was 
 a considerable company of disciples present at that 
 time (including Barsabas and Matthias). I desire, 
 however, to limit this little pamphlet to the single 
 question which I have propounded for con- 
 sideration. 
 
 Magna est Veritas et prevalebit.
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 The people sought Him, and came unto Him, and stayed Him, Luke iv. 42. 
 j that He should not depart from them. 
 
 I The people pressed upon Him to hear the Word of God. Luke v. i. 
 
 I At even, when the sun did set, they brought unto Him all Mark i. 32. 
 
 that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 
 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 
 
 He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all that Matt. \iii. 16 
 I were sick. 
 
 I He went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and Matt. iv. 23. 
 
 preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner 
 of sickuess and all manner of disease among the people. 
 
 His fame went throughout all Syria : and they brought unto Matt. iv. 24. 
 Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and 
 torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those 
 which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy ; and He healed 
 them. 
 
 And there followed Him great multitudes of people from Matt. iv. 25. 
 Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from 
 Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. 
 
 The man cured of leprosy began to publish his cure much, Mark i. 45. 
 and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could 
 no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert 
 places : and they came to Him from every quarter. 
 
 Many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no Mark ii, 2. 
 room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door. 
 
 All the multitude resorted unto Him [by the sea-side], and Mark ii. 13. 
 
 I He taught them. 
 A great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judaea, Mark iii. 7. 
 and from Jerusalem, and from Iduraaea, and from beyond Jordan ; Mark iii. 8. 
 and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they 
 had heard what great things He did, came unto Him. And He Mark iii. 9. 
 1 . .•
 
 2 2 Appendix. 
 
 spake to His disciples, that a small ship should wait on Him 
 
 because of the multitude, lest they should throng Him. 
 Mark iii. lo. For He had healed many; insomuch that they pressed 
 
 [marginal rendering " rushed "] upon Him for to touch Him, as 
 
 many as had plagues. • 
 Luke vi. ly.* He came down with the Twelve, and stood in the plain, and 
 
 the company of His discixDles, and a great multitude of people 
 
 out of all Judsea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre 
 Luke vi, i8. and Sidon, which came to hear Him, and to be healed of their 
 
 diseases ; and they that were vexed with unclean spirits : and 
 
 they were healed. 
 Luke vi. 19, The whole multitude sought to touch Him : for there went 
 
 virtue out of Him, and healed them all. 
 Jesus saw great multitudes about Him. 
 Much people were gathered together, and were come to Him 
 
 out of every city. 
 
 The multitude thronged Him. 
 
 There were many coming and going, and they [that is, our 
 
 Lord and the disciples] had no leisure so much as to eat. 
 Mark viii. 2. I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now 
 
 been with Me three days, and have nothing to eat. 
 Mark viii, 3. Divers of them came from far. 
 
 John X. 41. Many resorted unto Him [that is, beyond Jordan], and many 
 
 John X. 42. believed on Him there. 
 John xii. 19. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves. Perceive ye 
 
 how ye prevail nothing ? behold, the world is gone after Him. 
 
 Malt. 
 
 viii. I 
 
 Luke 
 
 viii. 4. 
 
 Mark 
 
 v, 31. 
 
 Mark 
 
 vi, 31,
 
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