Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him. New Living Translation Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River. English Standard Version And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. Berean Standard Bible The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. Berean Literal Bible And there followed Him great crowds from Galilee, and the Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan. King James Bible And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. New King James Version Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. New American Standard Bible Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. NASB 1995 Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. NASB 1977 And great multitudes followed Him from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. Legacy Standard Bible And large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. Amplified Bible Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and the other side of the Jordan. Christian Standard Bible Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. Holman Christian Standard Bible Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. American Standard Version And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Jud�a and from beyond the Jordan. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And great crowds went after him from Galilee and from the Ten Cities and from Jerusalem and from Judaea and from the other side of the Jordan. Contemporary English Version Large crowds followed Jesus from Galilee and the region around the ten cities known as Decapolis. They also came from Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan River. Douay-Rheims Bible And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. English Revised Version And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from beyond Jordan. GOD'S WORD® Translation Large crowds followed him. They came from Galilee, the Ten Cities, Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan River. The Beatitudes Good News Translation Large crowds followed him from Galilee and the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, Judea, and the land on the other side of the Jordan. International Standard Version Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan followed him. Literal Standard Version And there followed Him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan. Majority Standard Bible The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. New American Bible And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him. NET Bible And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River. New Revised Standard Version And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. New Heart English Bible And large crowds from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him. Webster's Bible Translation And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan. Weymouth New Testament And great crowds followed Him, coming from Galilee, from the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, and from beyond the district on the other side of the Jordan. World English Bible Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him. Young's Literal Translation And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus Heals the Multitudes…24News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them. 25 The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. Cross References Matthew 4:15 "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- Mark 3:7 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea, Mark 3:8 Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing. Mark 5:20 So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed. Mark 7:31 Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. Luke 6:17 Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon. Treasury of Scripture And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. followed. Matthew 5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: Matthew 8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. Matthew 12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; Decapolis. Mark 5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. Mark 7:31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. Jump to Previous Crowds Decapolis Decap'olis District Followed Galilee Great Jerusalem Jordan Judaea Judea Large Multitudes Numbers Region Side Ten TownsJump to Next Crowds Decapolis Decap'olis District Followed Galilee Great Jerusalem Jordan Judaea Judea Large Multitudes Numbers Region Side Ten TownsMatthew 4 1. Jesus, fasting forty days, 3. is tempted by the devil and ministered unto by angels. 12. He dwells in Capernaum; 17. begins to preach; 18. calls Peter and Andrew, 21. James and John; 23. teaches and heals all the diseased. (25) Decapolis.--The district so named was formed by the Romans on their first conquest of Syria, B.C. 65, and, speaking roughly, included a tract of country east and south-east of the Sea of Galilee. The ten cities from which the region took its name are given by Pliny (v. 18)--though with the reservation that the list was given differently by others--as Scythopolis, Hippos, Gadara, Pella, Philadelphia, Gerasa, Dion, Canatha, Damascus, and Raphana. Of these Gadara (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26), and in some MSS. of the first named passage, Gerasa, are the only two that occur in the Gospels. Damascus is prominent in the Acts, but the statement of Josephus (B. J. iii. 9, ? 7), that Scythopolis was the largest of the ten towns, makes it almost certain that he did not include Damascus in the list. Verse 25. - The mention of the multitudes here serves as a transition to the sermon on the mount. The description of the con stituent paris of the multitudes is very similar to that found in Mark 3:7, 8, and is probably derived from the same source, Mark preserving in most respects the fuller form. Great multitudes; ὄχλοι πολλοί (not "many multitudes," but as plural of ὄχλος πολύς, Matthew 20:29); almost (Luke 5:15) peculiar to this Gospel (Matthew 8:1, where see note [18, Received Text; Matthew 12:15, Received Text]; Matthew 13:2; 15:30; 19:2). Decapolis. A kind of confederacy, originally of ten towns, the organization being apparently the work of Pompey. All were east of Jordan except Bethshan (Scythopolis). The names, as given in Pliny, are - Damascus, Philadelphia, Raphana, Scythopolis, Gadara, Hippus, Dium, Pella, Galasa (read Gerasa) , Kanatha. Schurer adds, Abila (not Abila of Lysanias) and Kanata (distinct from Kanatha) . These towns, like the great maritime cities, e.g. Joppa, and Caesarea Stratonis, were independent political communities, which - at least, after the time of Pompey - were never internally blended into an organic unity with the Jewish region, but were at most externally united with it under the same ruler" (Schurer, II. 1. p. 121). The population in them was chiefly heathen. Across Jordan; equivalent to Peraea, as in ver. 15 and Matthew 19:1, i.e. from Mount Hermon to the river Arnon (Weiss-Meyer); but according to Josephus ('Bell. Jud.,' 3:03. 3), between the rivers Jabbok and Amen (Alford). "The country east of Jordan was known as Peraea (the country beyond) in the wider sense, but Peraea proper was the small district extending from the river Amen (Mojib) to the Zerka, and now called Belka" (Socin's ' Baedeker,' p. 54). To the places mentioned here as those whence people came, Mark adds Idumaea; Mark and Luke add Tyre and Sidon. |
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