Matthew 4:12-17
1599 Geneva Bible
12 ¶ (A)[a]And when Jesus had heard that John was committed to prison, he returned into Galilee,
13 And leaving Nazareth, went and dwelt in [b]Capernaum, which is near the sea in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the Prophet, saying,
15 (B)The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali by the way of the [c]sea, beyond Jordan, [d]Galilee of the Gentiles:
16 The people which sat in darkness, saw great light: and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, light is risen up.
17 (C)From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Amend your lives: for the kingdom of heaven is at [e]hand.
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- Matthew 4:12 When the Herald’s mouth is stopped, the Lord revealeth himself, and bringeth full light into the darkness of this world, preaching free forgiveness of sins to them that repent.
- Matthew 4:13 Which was a town a great deal more famous than Nazareth was.
- Matthew 4:15 Of Tiberias, or because that country bended toward Tyre, which standeth upon the sea that cutteth the midst of the world.
- Matthew 4:15 So called, because it bordered upon Tyre and Sidon, and because Solomon gave the king of Tyre twenty cities in that quarter, 1 Kings 9:11.
- Matthew 4:17 Is come to you.
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