But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
What spite! When good is done to them they become enraged. Jesus withdrew, as it was not yet the time for His Passion, and also to spare them from falling to the crime of murder. He did this to show that it is not God-pleasing to throw oneself into danger. Notice the word "departed"; it is when they departed from God that they plotted to destroy Jesus. For no one who abides in God would plot such things.
