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Matthew 4:25 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Matthew 4:25Greek Interlinear

Greek · Matthew 4:2518 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἠκολούθησανēkolouthēsan
followedverbG190
αὐτῷautō
HimpronounG846
ὄχλοιochloi
crowdsnounG3793
πολλοὶpolloi
greatadjectiveG4183
ἀπὸapo
fromprepositionG575
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
ΓαλιλαίαςGalilaias
GalileenounG1056
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ΔεκαπόλεωςDekapoleōs
the DecapolisnounG1179
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἹεροσολύμωνHierosolymōn
JerusalemnounG2414
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἸουδαίαςIoudaias
JudeanounG2449
καὶkai
andwordG2532
πέρανperan
beyondprepositionG4008
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
ἸορδάνουIordanou
JordannounG2446
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Matthew 4:25

Kings, when about to go to war with their enemies, first gather an army, and so go out to battle; thus the Lord when about to war against the Devil, first collected Apostles, and then began to preach the Gospel.

Pseudo-Chrysostom · 5th century

An example of life for doctors; that they should not be inactive, they are instructed in these words, 'And Jesus went about.'

Remigius · 9th century

[ed. note: A passage is here inserted in Nicolai’s edition which is not in the original. It is of no doctrinal importance.] By which too He shewed the Jews that He came not as an enemy of God, or a seducer of souls, but as consenting with his Father.

Chrysostom · 4th century
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