John Trapp on Matthew 9:1

CHAP. IX.

Verse 1. And he entred into a ship] HE called not for fire from heaven upon those brutish Gadarens that were so glad to be rid of him. Some wicked ones Christ punisheth here, lest his providence, but not all, lest his patienceAug. in Psal. 30. and promise of coming again to judgement should be called into question, saith Augustin. Came into his own city] Capernaum a colony of the Romanes, where our Saviour hired an house, and wore a stole or long garment, as a citizen. Happy town in such an inhabitant, and in this respect lifted up to heaven, Matth. 11. 23. Indeed heaven came down to Capernaum; for the Lord so delighteth in his servants (how much more then in his Sonne) that their walles are ever in his sight, and he loveth to looke upon the houses, where they dwell Isa. 49. 16.