JESUS' WITHDRAWAL INTO GALILEE. According to some commentators, a new section begins here; but probably these verses are still preliminary. Our Lord's activity does not begin till Matthew 4:17. But now he withdraws to Galilee, settling in Capernaum, thus fulfilling prophecy.
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