Matthew Bible Study: Matthew 4:12-25

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Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry

Matthew 4:12 marks the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee.  After His temptation/testing by Satan, Jesus spends about a year in Judea.  (See my lesson on the Temptation here).  Matthew does not provide details of these months in Judea, but John’s gospel does.  (See John 1:19 – 4:54).  Here are the highlights of the events of that year:

  • Jesus preached near the lower Jordan River (John 3:2-24; 4:1-3).
  • The Pharisees became increasingly hostile to Jesus and His message (John 4:1-3).
  • Herod arrested and imprisoned John the Baptist (Matthew 4:12).

After John’s arrest, Matthew explains that Jesus went to Galilee.

Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.  And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali. (Matthew 4:12-13, ESV, emphasis added)

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