Matthew 4:24

News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Matthew's narrative voice, summarizing the geographic spread of Jesus' reputation from Galilee into all of Syria. It brackets 4:23 (His threefold activity) and 4:25 (the crowds that resulted).

The words — ἀκοή (akoē, "news, report") is the grammatical subject: it is the news that ἀπῆλθεν (apēlthen, "went out"), not Jesus Himself. The verse frames the event as a transmission of information, not a personal appearance.

The thread — The categories in 4:24 are filled out individually elsewhere: the paralyzed in agony (Matthew 8:6), the son with seizures (Matthew 17:15), the demon-possessed blind and mute man (Matthew 12:22). 4:24 is the index; those verses are the entries.

Why it lands — The list places demon-possession in the same sequence as seizures and paralysis, treating spiritual affliction as co-equal with physical disease. The reader is asked to hold both within a single scope of what Jesus addressed, without separating them.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

Cross-references

Matthew 8:6 “Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
Matthew 17:15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
Matthew 12:22 Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
Matthew 15:22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
Matthew 17:18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
Luke 2:2 This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luke 5:15 But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
Exodus 15:26 saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
Matthew 4:23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.