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And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Matthew 4:24 — KJV
Fame. Gr. akoe, better, “report” (see on Mark 1:28).
Syria. The sense in which Matthew here uses the term “Syria” is not entirely clear. It is possible that he refers to regions beyond Galilee, for later on in His ministry people in the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon knew of Jesus (ch. 15:21, 22) and came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases (Luke 6:17). The context, however, suggests that Matthew here uses the term “Syria” in a more general sense, to include Galilee as part of Syria (geographically if not politically), or perhaps to refer to the northernmost regions of Galilee bordering on Syria proper (see vs. 23, 25). Either of the latter suggestions seems the more probable, particularly in view of the fact that those who came to Him in response to the report they heard of Him came from Galilee, Decapolis, Judea, and Peraea (v. 25). At this time Palestine belonged to the Roman province of Syria.
Divers diseases. That is, “various diseases.”
Torments. Or, “pains.”
Possessed with devils. See on Mark 1:23.
Lunatick. From the Gr. sele-niazomai, literally, “to be moonstruck,” a word occurring in the NT only here and in ch. 17:15. From the symptoms given in ch. 17:15 many have concluded that seleniazomai means “to be epileptic,” but may have had wider connotations.
Palsy. From the Gr. paralutikos, whence our English word “paralytic.”
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