Into the border of Judea and beyond Jordan (εις τα ορια της Ιουδαιας κα περαν του Ιορδανου). See on Mt 19:1 for discussion of this…

And he arose from there.—We may note, as some help to a right study of the Gospel narrative, that the best harmonists place Matth…

The Venerable Bede: Until now, Mark has related what our Lord said and did in Galilee. Here he begins to relate what He did, ta…

Jesus was moving closer and closer to the ancient city of Jerusalem where the final acts of the redemptive drama were to take place. He set his fac…

And he arose from thence
From Galilee, and particularly from Capernaum:

and comes into the coasts…

Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He shows here that the re…