The people who lived in darknesshave seen a great light;on those who live in the landof the shadow of death,a light has shone.”
Commentaries
4:12 - 4:17
His Proclamation Begins.
Capernaum, by the lake, will be his city (9:1). Galilee, once pagan or at least paganized, a meeting place of peoples and cultures, will serve as the setting and platform for his revelation, similar to the great oracle of Isaiah 8:23-9:1. Thus begins the fulfillment of the universal mission to preach the Gospel to the whole world (28:18f).
Commentaries
His Proclamation Begins.
Capernaum, by the lake, will be his city (9:1). Galilee, once pagan or at least paganized, a meeting place of peoples and cultures, will serve as the setting and platform for his revelation, similar to the great oracle of Isaiah 8:23-9:1. Thus begins the fulfillment of the universal mission to preach the Gospel to the whole world (28:18f).