ἦν κηρύσσων. ‘He was preaching,’ implying a continued ministry.

τῆς Γαλιλαίας. Here אBCL and other uncials have the important various reading “of Judaea.” If this reading be correct, it is another of the many indications that the Synoptists assume and imply that Judaean ministry which St John alone narrates. Godet on very insufficient grounds calls it an absurd reading.

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Old Testament