Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 4:25
Decapolis — A tract of land on the east side of the sea of Galilee, in which were ten cities near each other.
Decapolis — A tract of land on the east side of the sea of Galilee, in which were ten cities near each other.
Verse Matthew 4:25. This verse is immediately connected with the fifth chapter, and should not be separated from it. _GREAT MULTITUDES_] This, even according to the Jews, was one proof of the days o...
FROM DECAPOLIS - Decapolis was the name of a region of country in the bounds of the half-tribe of Manasseh, mainly on the east of Jordan. It was so called because it included 10 cities - the meaning o...
4. THE TESTING OF THE KING AND HIS TESTIMONY. _ 1. The Testing by the Devil. (Matthew 4:1 .) 2. His Testimony and His Disciples. (Matthew 4:12 .) 3. The Powers of the Kingdom. (Matthew 4:23 .)_ CHAP...
SUMMARY OF WORK IN GALILEE (_cf._ Mark 1:39; Luke 4:44). Mt. here departs from Mk.'s order; he is about to give an account of the teachings of Jesus (Matthew 4:5) before an account of His healings ...
GREAT MULTITUDES FROM GALILEE. The fame of his teaching and miracles caused great multitudes to gather from all Palestine. The accounts elsewhere given confirm this statement. GALILEE. The northern...
Jesus made a circular tour of Galilee, teaching in the Synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom, and healing all kinds of diseases and ailments among the people: and the report of his acti...
THE TESTING TIME (Matthew 4:1-11) Step by step Matthew unfolds the story of Jesus. He begins by showing us how Jesus was born into this world. He goes on to show us, at least by implication, that Jes...
GALILEE. App-169. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6....
_Decapolis_ Lit. A GROUP OF TEN CITIES. The cities included in this group are variously named by different authors, they lay to the E. and S. of the Sea of Galilee; by some Damascus is mentioned as be...
Jesus preaches the Gospel and cures Diseases in Galilee Special instances of cure are recorded in Mark 1:13 and foll.; Luke 4:31 and foll....
ΔΕΚΆΠΟΛΙΣ, a group of ten cities. The cities included in this group are variously named by different authors, they lay to the E. and S. of the Sea of Galilee; by some Damascus is mentioned as belongin...
23–25. JESUS PREACHES THE GOSPEL AND CURES DISEASES IN GALILEE Special instances of cure are recorded in Mark 1:13 and foll.; Luke 5:31 and foll....
Ver 23. And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 24. And...
_JESUS WAS A HEALING SAVIOR MATTHEW 4:23-25:_ Christ healed "all kinds of sickness" and "all kinds of diseases." He did not heal for money or fame but as proof that He is the Son of God. "And many oth...
ΉΚΟΛΟΎΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 4:20. ΌΧΛΟΙ (G3793) _pl._ толпа, множество народа. "Множество народа" представляется излюбленным выражением Матфея для описания "большой толпы" (DA). Толпы с...
FROM DECAPOLIS— A country of Palestine, so called because it contained _ten cities;_ concerning the names of which the learned are not agreed. It bordered upon Syria, a province near Galilee, and exte...
SECTION 10. JESUS PREACHES AND HEALS IN GALILEE (Parallels: Mark 1:35-39; Luke 4:42-44) TEXT: 4:23-25 23. And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel...
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. AND THERE FOLLOWED HIM GREAT MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE F...
18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42. 21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11. 23 See Mar_1:21-39. 25 Compare Mar_3:7-8. 1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23. 1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
4:25 Decapolis, (e-9) Meaning, 'ten towns' -- a district with ten towns in NE. Palestine....
THE TEMPTATION 1-11. The temptation (Mark 1:12; Luke 4:1). The narrative, which can only have come from our Lord's own lips, describes an actual historical fact, the great temptation which He underwen...
JOURNEYS OF JESUS THROUGH GALILEE: PREACHING AND HEALING THE SICK. St. Matthew interrupts his narrative of what took place at Capernaum to give a general sketch of the early period of the Galilean min...
DECAPOLIS] i.e. 'ten towns,' a region beyond Jordan, containing originally ten allied or federated cities, among which were Gadara, Pella, Gerasa, and Damascus. It was part of Peræa, and its inhabitan...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 THE DEVIL TESTS JESUS 4:1-11 V1 The *Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert. The devil tested Jesus while he was there. V2 For 40 d...
DECAPOLIS. — The district so named was formed by the Romans on their first conquest of Syria, B.C. 65, and, speaking roughly, included a tract of country east and south-east of the Sea of Galilee. The...
CHAPTER 6 Beginning of His Galilean Ministry - Matthew 4:12. DID our Lord's ministry begin in Galilee? If so, why did He not Himself set the example of "beginning at Jerusalem?" As a matter of fact w...
_Beginnings of the Galilean ministry_ (Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:14-15). In a few rapid strokes the evangelist describes the opening of the Messianic work of Jesus in Galilee. He has in view the great Serm...
_Summary account of the Galilean ministry_. A colourless general statement serving as a mere prelude to Chapter s 5 9. It points to a ministry in Galilee, varied, extensive, and far-famed, conceived b...
OPENING WORKS OF MERCY AND POWER Matthew 4:18-25 We must read the first chapter of John into the opening paragraph. Already the Lord had met with these first disciples in the Jordan valley; but they...
"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens, He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodne...
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. What a lovely picture is here drawn of the SON of GOD!...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
Having thus, in grace, taken up His position as man on earth, He commences His earthly career, being led of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The righteous and holy man, the S...
AND THERE FOLLOWED HIM GREAT MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE,.... Some on one account, and some on another; some out of good will, others out of ill will; some for the healing of their bodies, others for the goo...
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and _from_ Decapolis, and _from_ Jerusalem, and _from_ Judaea, and _from_ beyond Jordan. Ver. 25. _And there followed him great multitu...
_And there followed him great multitudes_ Affected with the sight, or fame of his miracles, which was now very great, _from Galilee_ Its many and populous towns and villages. See note on Matthew 4:15....
With His fame grew the number of His followers: AND THERE FOLLOWED HIM GREAT MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE FROM GALILEE, AND FROM DECAPOLIS, AND FROM JERUSALEM, AND FROM JUDEA, AND FROM BEYOND JORDAN. The extr...
There could be no doubt therefore that He would fulfil this virtual pledge to bear their sins on Calvary. Notice too that the Father approves Him in this unqualified way before His being tested by Sat...
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...
They followed for the loaves, for the benefit of the bodily cures, or out of curiosity, though some (probably) followed him out of love, and to learn of him. DECAPOLIS hath its name from ten cities co...
Matthew 4:25 G2532 Great G4183 multitudes G3793 followed G190 (G5656) from G575 Galilee G1056 and G2532 Decapolis...
THE LIGHT BEGINS TO SHINE THROUGHOUT ALL GALILEE, AND EVEN BEYOND (4:23-25). From now on a great work of the Spirit commences throughout all Galilee, as Jesus goes about teaching in their synagogues,...
‘And there followed him great crowds from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from beyond the Jordan.' And soon great crowds had gathered coming from far afield. They came from all over...
Matthew 4:25. GREAT MULTITUDES, lit, ‘many crowds.' These came from all parts of Palestine; FROM GALILEE, where he preached, DECAPOLIS (meaning ‘ten cities'), a district principally east of the Jordan...
CONTENTS AND CONNECTION. The appearance of Jesus as the light of the world amidst the darkness of the land of Galilee, in accordance with prophecy (Matthew 4:12-16). The record begins at the close of...
GREAT MULTITUDES (οχλο πολλο). Note the plural, not just one crowd, but crowds and crowds. And from all parts of Palestine including Decapolis, the region of the Ten Greek Cities east of the Jordan...
CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus' public ministry begun. Call of first disciples. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The Word of God is t...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit,_ υπο του πνευματος, the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek article, and declared in the verses preseding. _Led into the wilderness,_ where he was...
GREAT CROWDS. Attracted by his teaching and his miracles. [_see map_ for Galilee and the Ten Towns.] Jesus was: (1) active; (2) he went to the people; (3) he went where the busiest people were; (4) he...
_Healing all manner of sick._ MORAL HEALING I. Christ is able to cure all sorts of sins. Lover of lust, dropsy of drunkenness, stone in the heart, etc. II. Christ healed incurable sinners-people wh...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:1 Jesus the Messiah Begins to Advance the Messianic Kingdom. Jesus triumphs over the devil in the wilderness (vv. Matthew 4:1), proclaims the kingdom
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:12 These verses mark the beginning of Jesus’ Galilean ministry. It is traditionally thought that Jesus’ ministry lasted three years: a year of obscurity, a year of popularity...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:25 GREAT CROWDS FOLLOWED Jesus, but they had not yet become his disciples (compare Matthew 5:1). DECAPOLIS (Greek “t
JESUS PREACHES THROUGHOUT GALILEE MATTHEW 4:23-25; MARK 1:35-39; LUKE 4:42-44; MATTHEW 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching
CHAPTER 4 _By the devil_. Syriac, _by the accuser_, Gr. _διάβολος_, _accuser_, _calumniator_. For Satan is he who accuses men before God perpetually, that he may gain them for himself and Gehenna. _T...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 4:23. SYNAGOGUES.—Places of religious assembly and worship. After the Jews returned from the exile in Babylon, a new hunger for the law of God and the worship of God seems to...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 4:1 THE TEMPTATION. The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of himself for the work of the kingdom does not exclude temptation, but rather necessitates it. Psychologica...
Chapter Four Then was Jesus led of the Spirit into the wilderness (Matthew 4:1) Immediately, He is now being led by the Spirit, walking after the Spirit. The New Testament has so much to say to us co...
Luke 6:17; Luke 6:19; Mark 3:7; Mark 5:20; Mark 6:2;...
THE FIRST DISCIPLES Matthew 4:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory we wish to speak on the wonderful privileges which belong to saints, called into comradeship with God. Where is the man or the wo...
Observe here, How affecting our Saviour's ministry was at first: multitudes throng after him; they come from all parts to attend upon his ministry, when he first began to preach among them. His minist...