Matthew 4:23-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,[a] proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.(A) 24 [b]His fame spread to all of Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseases and racked with pain, those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them. 25 (B)And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,[c] Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
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- 4:23 Their synagogues: Matthew usually designates the Jewish synagogues as their synagogue(s) (Mt 9:35; 10:17; 12:9; 13:54) or, in address to Jews, your synagogues (Mt 23:34), an indication that he wrote after the break between church and synagogue.
- 4:24 Syria: the Roman province to which Palestine belonged.
- 4:25 The Decapolis: a federation of Greek cities in Palestine, originally ten in number, all but one east of the Jordan.
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