Mark 1:39

“And he preached in their synagogues, etc..] Which were in the next towns, in the village cities, and throughout all Galilee: taking every town and city in his circuit, he continued preaching the Gospel of the kingdom in one place and another, until he had gone over the whole country: and cast out devils; as out of the souls, so out of the bodies of men, whereby he confirmed the doctrine he preached.”

“And he preached in their synagogues - See Matthew 4:23. All Galilee - See Matthew 1:22. And cast out devils - See Matthew 4:24. return to 'Top of Page'”

“preached: Mar 1:21; Mat 4:23; Luk 4:43, Luk 4:44 Galilee: Galilee was a province of Palestine, being bounded, says Josephus, on the west by Ptolemais and mount Carmel; on the south by the country of Samaria and Scythopolis, on the river Jordan; on the east by the cantons of Hyppos, Gadara, and Gaulon; and on the north by the confines of the Tyrians. It was divided into Lower and Upper Galilee; - Upper Galilee, so called from its being mountainous, was termed Galilee of the Gentiles ( Mat 4:15), because inhabited, says Strabo, by Egyptians, Arabians, and Phoenicians, and comprehended the tribes of Asher and Naphtali; the Lower Galilee contained the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar, and was…”