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, and a year of increasing rejection. Matthew, Mark, and Luke do not say much about the first, obscure year, but it is recounted in John’s Gospel (see John 1:1).

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