Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
Parallel translations
- WEB Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,
- KJV Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
- BSB After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
- NASB Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
- NLT Later on, after John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, where he preached God’s Good News.
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Quick answer
After John's arrest, Jesus comes to Galilee proclaiming the good news of God's kingdom. The Messiah's public preaching begins.
Overview
John's imprisonment marks a transition: the forerunner's work gives way to the Messiah's. Jesus' message centers on the 'good news of God's kingdom,' God's saving reign breaking into the world. This kingdom is the heart of Jesus' preaching and is ultimately established through His death and resurrection.
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Cross-references · 14
- Matt 4:23Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
- Matt 4:12Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
- Luke 8:1Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve,
- Matt 9:35Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
- Isa 61:1–3The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
- Eph 2:17He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
- Luke 4:17–19The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
- Luke 4:43–44But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of God’s Kingdom to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.”
- Acts 28:23When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
- Acts 20:25“Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more.
- Matt 14:2and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”
- John 3:22–24After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized.
- Matt 11:2Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
- Luke 3:20added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
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