Matthew 4:12
Now when Yeshua [Salvation] heard that John [Yah is gracious] was delivered up, + 4:12 (12b-13) MP: Messiah comes from Galilee and shines upon the Galil-of-the-Goyim. Meaning his ministry begins in the Galilee and the region includes Gentiles living there. (Mark explains although Yeshua had traveled previously, He did not begin His ministry until entering Galilee, his hometown region). (Is 9:1b-2) he withdrew into Galilee [District, Circuit].
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In The King James Version
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
In Context
11Then the devil [Accuser] left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
Cross References
Mark 1:14Now after John [Yah is gracious] was taken into custody, + 1:14 b MP: Messiah comes from Galilee and shines upon the Galil-of-the-Goyim. Meaning his ministry begins in the Galilee and the region includes Gentiles living there. (Mark explains although Yeshua had traveled previously, He did not begin His ministry until entering Galilee, his hometown region). (Is 9:1b-2) Yeshua [Salvation] came into Galilee [District, Circuit], preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,
Luke 3:20added this also to them all, that he shut up John [Yah is gracious] in prison.
Luke 4:31He came down to Capernaum [Village-Comfort, Village-Compassion], a city of Galilee [District, Circuit]. He was teaching them on the Sabbath ·To cease· day,
John 4:43After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee [District, Circuit].
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12
The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →