First Galilean Circuit (Mt 4:23-25).
23. And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues--These
were houses of local worship. It cannot be proved that they
existed before the Babylonish captivity; but as they began to be erected
soon after it, probably the idea was suggested by the religious
inconveniences to which the captives had been subjected. In our Lord's
time, the rule was to have one wherever ten learned men or professed
students of the law resided; and they extended to Syria, Asia Minor,
Greece, and most places of the dispersion. The larger towns had
several, and in Jerusalem the number approached five hundred. In point
of officers and mode of worship, the Christian congregations are
modelled after the synagogue.
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom--proclaiming the glad tidings
of the kingdom,
and healing all manner of sickness--every disease.
and all manner of disease among the people--every complaint. The word
means any incipient malady causing "softness."
JFB.
Outline
1 The temptation of Jesus
13 Jesus dwells in Capernaum
17 Jesus begins to preach
18 Jesus calls Peter and Andrew, James and John
23 Jesus heals the sick
Drawing of the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Dore
Important Topics for Bible Study
Quick Reference Map
Map of Galilee and northern Israel
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Painted Illustration of Jesus Calling James and John
Ancient Customs
Geography
Capernaum
Galilee
Matthew Resources
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