7:17

And the news about Jesus spread: The phrase the news about Jesus spread means that people went and told many other people what Jesus had done. More and more people learned that Jesus had raised the young man from the dead.

throughout Judea: In this context the word Judea probably includes all the country of the Jews including Galilee and Judea. You could translate this as:

the region of/called Judea
-or-
the country/land of the Jews

all the surrounding region: The phrase the surrounding region refers to the land surrounding the region of Judea. Another way to translate this could be:

throughout Judea and all the land/places around it

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