1:39a

So: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as So is the common conjunction that is often translated as “And,” as in the Revised Standard Version. It introduces the conclusion of this section. It also introduces what happened as a result of what Jesus said in 1:38. Introduce these things in a natural way in your language.

He went throughout Galilee: The word He refers here to Jesus. The focus of the sentence is on Jesus and what he did in Galilee. The word He does not imply that Jesus abandoned the disciples and went throughout Galilee without them. In some languages, it may be necessary to make explicit that the disciples went with Jesus. For example:

Jesus and his companions/disciples…

went throughout Galilee: The phrase went throughout Galilee indicates that Jesus and his disciples walked from place to place through the whole region of Galilee.

1:39b

preaching: For the word preaching, see the note in 1:38b. In this context, it indicates that Jesus preached repeatedly. In each town he went to the synagogue and preached to the people there.

their synagogues: In the Jewish culture, Synagogues were buildings where Jewish people prayed, read Scripture, taught their beliefs, and worshiped. The same word occurs in 1:21b, 1:23b, and 1:29a. Here it refers to the synagogues that were in the towns in Galilee. The pronounTheir refers to the people in those towns. See synagogue in the Glossary.

1:39c

driving out demons: The phrase driving out demons indicates that Jesus was causing evil spirits to release their control over people and to leave them. See the note on 1:34b. See also evil spirit in the Glossary.

General Comment on 1:39b–c

In some languages, the phrases with the words preaching and driving out may need to be expressed as main verbs. For example:

he preached…and he drove out

Use ways that are natural in your language to express these phrases and to connect them with each other.

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