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Matthew 4:15

King James Version (KJV)

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Matthew 4:15

Verse 15 of 25

Scripture focus

The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

Matthew 4:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 4:15

Theological / Devotional

Way of the sea. See on Matt. 4:13; Mark 2:14.

Beyond Jordan. Or, “across the Jordan,” that is, within the boundaries of the Promised Land.

Gentiles. After the deportation of the ten tribes to Assyria in 722 B.C. the region known as Galilee (see Isa. 9:1) was inhabited almost exclusively by non-Jews. By the time of Christ many Jews had settled there, with the result that the population was particularly cosmopolitan — an admixture of Jew and Gentile.

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