And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
Study Helps
Interpretation
All our sicknesses and calamities spring from the anger of God against our sins. Their removal, or the making them blessings to us, was purchased to us by the blood of Christ.
Glossary
- Idumea Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Rumeida.
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
- Jordan Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Jordan River.
- Sidon Place
- A fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles north of Tyre. It received its name from the “first-born” of Canaan, the grandson of Noah ( Gen. 10:15 , 19). Modern identification: Sandikli archaeological site in Sidon.
- Tyre Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tyre.