10⌄ For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.

Mark 3:10
  • Location: Galilee
  • Subject: Jesus Physician
  • Narrator: Mars
  • Author: Flavius Josephus
  • Created: Flavian Imperial Cult

This verse “explains” why there was such a crowd around this Jesus.

For all of the expectation that this Jesus would heal the afflicted, we’ve only seen this Jesus “heal” two people, and even then, it’s hard to attribute to Jesus any action. We can assume that word of mouth from the first event has blossomed into a great crowd of people receiving healing in the stories.