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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Matthew 4:25
Description: Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. Matthew 4:25
“And great throngs, they followed Him from the Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan” (CG).
In the previous verse, people brought the sick from all the areas of Syria, and Jesus healed them. Next, Matthew records, “And great throngs.”
It is the first use of ochlos, a throng, in the New Testament. It is a word that can indicate a crowd, mob, the common peop...