Discovery BoxMatthew 2:5 
Context2:5 “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said, “for it is written this way by the prophet:
Matthew 3:1
ContextThe Ministry of John the Baptist
3:1 In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness 1 of Judea proclaiming,
Matthew 4:25
Context4:25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, 2 Jerusalem, 3 Judea, and beyond the Jordan River. 4
1 tn Or “desert.”
2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated before each of the places in the list, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
sn The Decapolis refers to a league of towns (originally consisting of ten; the Greek name literally means “ten towns”) whose region (except for Scythopolis) lay across the Jordan River.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity. The region referred to here is sometimes known as Transjordan (i.e., “across the Jordan”).
