| DB1 | | The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry Mt.4.12-17 | NEB Contents | notes| 4 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 12 | When he heard that John had been arrested, Jesus withdrew to Galilee; | The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry Mt.4.12-17 (Machaerus-Capernaum) | Mk.1.14-15 | Lk.4.14-15 | ἀκούσας δὲ ὅτι Ἰωάννης παρεδόθη ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν. |
| 13 | and leaving Nazareth he went and settled at Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee, in the district of Zebulun and Naphtali. | καὶ καταλιπὼν τὴν Ναζαρὰ ἐλθὼν κατῴκησεν εἰς Καφαρναοὺμ τὴν παραθαλασσίαν ἐν ὁρίοις Ζαβουλὼν καὶ Νεφθαλίμ· | |
| 14 | This was in fulfilment of the passage in the prophet Isaiah which tells of | ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος, | |
| 15 | 'the land of Zebulun, the land of Naphrali, the road by the sea, the land beyond Jordan, heathen Galilee', and says: | - The land of Zeb'ulun. Mt.4.15-16 | Is.9.1-2 | Is.42.7 | Γῆ ζαβουλὼν καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλίμ, ὁδὸν θαλάσσης, πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν, |
| 16 | 'The people that lived in darkness saw a great light; Light dawned on the dwellers in the land of death's dark shadow.' | ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκότει φῶς εἶδεν μέγα, καὶ τοῖς καθημένοις ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου φῶς ἀνέτειλεν αὐτοῖς. | |
| 17 | From that day Jesus began to proclaim the message: 'Repent; for the kingdom of Heaven is upon you.' | Ἀπὸ τότε ἠρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς κηρύσσειν καὶ λέγειν, Μετανοεῖτε, Ἤγγικεν γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. | |