Jesus the Christ, the Son of God,
after a woman in the region of Tyre and Sidon sought
mercy from Jesus, and revered Jesus, and reasoned
with Jesus, and received help for her daughter:
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. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand in him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.-Mark 7:31-37***People from Tyre and Sidon (Zidon) were among the crowd who journeyed from areas throughout Galilee, Idumea, Jerusalem and the rest of Judea, and the other side of the Jordan River to listen to Jesus, and touch Jesus, and be healed. Decapolis was an area that consisted of 10 cities, 9 of them on the eastern and southeastern side of the Sea of Galilee, and the 10th city, Scythopolis, on the other side of the Jordan River. Before Jesus began teaching, preaching and performing miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, an Israelite from the tribe of Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, the province wherein Jesus had lived in Nazareth, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him. Approximately 30 years before Jesus was baptized, Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Months before Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, John the Baptist was born to Zechariah the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth), Mary's relative. Over 1,900 years before John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Levi and Judah were born to Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah. Sometime after Jesus was baptized, Herod Antipas the tetrarch, ruler of Galilee for the Roman Empire, put John the Baptist in prison. The disciples of John the Baptist told him about the works of Jesus, including the occurrence in Nain, when Jesus commanded a dead young man to arise, and the young man arose and talked. Thus, John the Baptist sent 2 of his disciples to speak with Jesus and get answers. Jesus told the 2 disciples to tell John the Baptist about the: blind people receiving sight, lame people able to walk, leprous people cleansed, deaf people able to hear, dead people being resurrected, and people with diseases, afflictions and evil spirits being healed. After the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas danced and made a request, John the Baptist was beheaded. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was baptized, Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot the disciple and apostle, and Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people and, returned to heaven.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Ezra 1:11, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 12:1-25
Reference Information:
impediment = mogilalon/mogilalos = speak with difficulty
straightway = euthys/eutheos/euthus = immediately, at once, directly
string = desmos/deo = bond, band
Reference Scriptures:
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 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 lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.-Matthew 4:23-25
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