Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds
Matthew 4:25 “And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and [from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem, and [from] Judaea, and [from] beyond Jordan.”
there followed Him... We know of several occasions of over 5,000 people following Him.
This was a great company of people. Where did they all disappear to when He was crucified?
and from Decapolis... Was a confederation of 10 Hellenized cities south of Galilee and mostly east of the Jordan. The league of cities was formed shortly after Pompey’s invasion of Israel (64 B.C.), to preserve Greek culture in the Semitic region. These cities were naturally Gentile strongholds.
No wonder large crowds began to follow Jesus from Galilee, from the Decapolis (lit., “10 cities”; an area east and south of the Sea of Galilee), from Jerusalem and Judea, and the region across (west of) the Jordan River.
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