*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
He laid his hands on them - Mark says he blessed them. That is, he pronounced or sought a blessing on them.
He - departed thence - That is, from that part of Judea which was beyond Jordan, Matthew 19:1; and then went to Jericho. See Matthew 20:29.
And he laid his hands on them,.... "And blessed them", as Mark says; he put his hands upon them, according to the custom of the country, and wished all kind of prosperity to them:
and departed thence, out of the house where he had been, and his disciples with him: the Ethiopic version renders it, "and they went from thence", from those parts, towards Jerusalem.
Laid his hands on them. And blessed them.
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