Mark wrote how, “a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of” Jesus “and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go your way; the devil is gone out of your daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed”, and in chapter seven and verse thirty-one of his book, Mark wrote how Jesus, “came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis” where we read:
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee,
through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
The verse reads, “And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, ...” Mark began with the words, “and again” which means “and anew, further and moreover”, “departing” or “leaving and going forth” “from the coasts” which means “separate and apart from the boundaries and frontier” “of Tyre” or “belonging to Tyre which means a rock and was a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean, very ancient, large, splendid, flourishing in commerce and powerful by land and sea” “and Sidon” which means “and Sidon which means hunting and was an ancient and wealthy city of Phoenicia located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea and was less than twenty miles (30 km) north of Tyre”, “he came unto” or “Jesus arose and resorted to” “the sea of Galilee” which refers to “the large body of water belonging to Galilee which means circuit and was the name of a region of northern Palestine which was bounded on the north by Syria, on the west by Sidon, Tyre, Ptolemais and their territories and the promontory of Carmel, on the south by Samaria and on the east by the Jordan”. Mark shared how Jesus left from “Tyre and Sidon” and once again went to the “Sea of Galilee”.
The verse goes on to say, “... through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.” Mark continued with the words, “through the midst” which means “into the middle of, among and between” “of the coasts” or “belonging to the boundaries and frontier” “of Decapolis” which means “belonging to Decapolis which means ten cities which were Damascus, Opoton, Philadelphia, Raphana, Scythopolis, Gadara, Hippondion, Pella, Galasa, and Canatha”. Mark shared how Jesus went into the middle of the “ten cities” known as “Decapolis”.
When we consider Mark's words in this verse, we see how Jesus was on the move again. He left “Tyre and Sidon” and went to “Decapolis” where there were “ten cities”. The “good news” of the Kingdom of God was to be spread throughout the land of Israel, and Jesus purposed to let as many know about it as possible. God's desire is for everyone to know about His “salvation” plan through Jesus Christ His Son, and when a person believes and trusts in Him as their “Savior and Lord”, they shall live forever with Him in the age without end.
Next time Mark shares how, “they brought unto him one that was deaf”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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