{Welcomed} (apedexato). Peculiar to Luke. To receive with
pleasure, from apodechomai, a common verb. {For they were all
waiting for him} ((8873)an gar pantes prosdok(936e)tes auton).
Periphrastic imperfect active of {prosdoka(937d), an old verb for
eager expectancy, a vivid picture of the attitude of the people
towards Jesus. Driven from Decapolis, he is welcomed in
Capernaum.