he departed) The same verb occurs, ch. xiv. 13, from a similar cause.1 — sis r^v TaXiXalav, into Galilee) and, indeed, into that part of Galilee which was farthest from Herod and the prison of John. St Matthew speaks of the whole of Galilee in opposi tion to Judea, where the temptation had taken place. Jesus then came forth from private into public life.2
13. Na^apsr, Nazareth) where He had hitherto resided. — vapaOaXaffffiav, ivhich is upon the sea-coast) See w. 15, 18. A place much frequented.
15, 16. F5] ZafSouXuv xai yJj T8t<pda\ii[L, oobv daXdffffris irepav roZ tlopbdvo\j FaX/Xa/'a rSiv idvuv, 6 Xao? 6 -7ropsvo[j,tvo$3 sv exorsi sJdt <puc [t/iya, xai roTg xadrj/Asvoic sv y^wpa xai axia Qavdrov, <pus dvsrsiXsv aiiro/s, Tlie land of Zabidon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; the people which walketh in darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up) The LXX. thus render the passage in Is. viii. 23 and ix. 1 :4 ZafSouXuv, rj y/j NsfdaXsifj,, xai 01 XO/TO/ 01 rr\v vapaXiav, xai TO\I 'lopddvou FaX/Xa/a ruv sdvojv. *O XaJg 6 KoptuofAsvog Iv ffxorfi, pug fjusya' o'l xaroixovvrsc sv "/^pa xai ffxiy Qavdrov <p£><; Xa/a/^E/ s<p jr, — Country of Zabulon, the land of Nephthalim, and ye the rest who inhabit the region situated by the sea, and bounded by5 the Jordan, thou Galilee of the Gentiles ! Thou people which walketh in darkness, behold ye a great light : ye who dwell in the country and shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you. The two verses are in Isaiah most closely connected together, on which ground the Evangelist takes part of the topography from
over the scene quickly, even including his imprisonment. The One Great Prophet, Jesus, passed the principal part of His appointed time alone in His Office.— Harm., p. 183, 184.
1 Our Lord now departed on account of the imprisonment, He afterwards did so on account of the death, of the Baptist. — (I. B.)
2 Viz., that of Galilee.— (I. B.)
3 E. M. **<%£j/0jr.— (I. B.)
4 This is the Hebrew notation. In the LXX., the Vulgate, and the Eng lish Version, the extract is contained in Isaiah ix. 1, 2. — (I. B.)
5 1 have rendered Kipu,v bounded by, instead of beyond, in accordance with the remarks which immediately follow on the ~-y of the original Hebrew. I may add in illustration, that Liddell and Scott say of Tripa. and -ripxv, "They are, no doubt, the dative and accusative of an old substantive — v, •xioa. = Trtipctp, 7rtlpot,$, iripct;, end, boundary." — (I. B.)