Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him [in homage];

The herdsmen [tending the pigs] ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what had happened.

Many [people] saw them leaving, and recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the [surrounding] cities, and got there ahead of them.

and ran throughout that surrounding countryside and began to carry around on their mats those who were sick, to any place where they heard He was.

Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Jesus, they were startled and began running up to greet Him.

As He was leaving on His journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially good and morally perfect], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”

Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah is coming to take Him down.”