Jesus Preaches in Galilee
Mark 1:39 “And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.”
Throughout all Galilee... Mark’s terse statement summarizes a preaching tour that must have lasted for weeks, or even months (Matt. 4:23-24).
This summary statement characterizes the scope all Galilee and activity preaching, primarily, casting out demons, secondarily, of Jesus’ ministry.
His explanatory statement, that to preach is why I have come, probably does not refer to leaving Capernaum He left to pray, (Mark 1:35) but rather to His coming from God on a divine mission. His purpose was to proclaim the good news of God (Mark 1:14) and confront people with the demand to repent and believe it (Mark 1:15). Since the Capernaum crowds sought Him as a Miracle-worker, He deliberately departed to preach elsewhere.
Mark 1:39 summarizes His tour throughout Galilee (cf. Mark 1:28) which probably lasted several weeks (cf. Mat. 4:23-25). His main activity was preaching (cf. Mark 1:14-15) in the local synagogues, and His driving out ekballōn; cf. Mark 1:34 demons dramatically confirmed His message.
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