Matthew 4:25

Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

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WEBBE

Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

BSB

Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

KJV

And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

ASV

And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judæa and [from] beyond the Jordan.

BBE

And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἠκολούθησαν ēkolouthēsan followed G190 αὐτῷ autō Him G846 ὄχλοι ochloi crowds G3793 πολλοὶ polloi great G4183 ἀπὸ apo from G575 τῆς tēs (the) G3588 Γαλιλαίας Galilaias Galilee G1056 καὶ kai and G2532 Δεκαπόλεως Dekapoleōs [the] Decapolis G1179 καὶ kai and G2532 Ἱεροσολύμων Hi'erosolumōn Jerusalem G2414 καὶ kai and G2532 Ἰουδαίας Ioudaias Judea G2449 καὶ kai and G2532 πέραν peran beyond G4008 τοῦ tou the G3588 Ἰορδάνου.¶ Iordanou Jordan G2446

The early church

Or, they follow the Lord from Galilee, that is, from the unstable world; from Decapolis, (the country of ten towns,) signifying those who break the Ten Commandments; and from Jerusalem, because before it was preserved unhurt in peace; and from Jordan, that is, from the confession of the Devil; and from beyond Jordan, they who were first planted in paganism, but passing the water of Baptism came to Christ.
Remigius of Rheims · d. 533Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Crowds that followed Him consisted of four sorts of men, some followed for the heavenly teaching as disciples, some for the curing of their diseases, some from the reports concerning Him alone, and curiosity to find whether they were true; others from envy, wishing to catch Him in some matter that they might accuse Him.
Rabanus Maurus · d. 856Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(ap. Anselm.) The crowds that follow the Lord, are they of the Church, which is spiritually designated by Galilee, passing to virtuousness; Decapolis is he who keeps the Ten Commandments; Jerusalem and Judæa, he who is enlightened by the vision of peace and confession; and beyond Jordan, he who having passed the waters of Baptism enters the land of promise.
Glossa Ordinaria · d. 1274Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 23–25

Wherever Christ went, he confirmed his Divine mission by miracles, which were emblems of the healing power of his doctrine, and the influences of the Spirit which accompanied it. We do not now find the Saviour's miraculous healing power in our bodies; but if we are cured by medicine, the praise is equally his. Three general words are here used. He healed every sickness or disease; none was too bad; none too hard, for Christ to heal with a word. Three diseases are named; the palsy, which is the greatest weakness of the body; lunacy, which is the greatest malady of the mind; and possession of the devil, which is the greatest misery and calamity of both; yet Christ healed all, and by thus curing bodily diseases, showed that his great errand into the world was to cure spiritual maladies. Sin is the sickness, disease, and torment of the soul: Christ came to take away sin, and so to heal the soul.

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Mark 3:7Luke 6:17

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GalileeJordanDecapolisJerusalemJudea

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Jesus, The ChristGalileeJudeaDecapolis

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