Discovery BoxMatthew 4:20 
Context4:20 They 1 left their nets immediately and followed him. 2
Matthew 4:22
Context4:22 They 3 immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
Matthew 4:25
Context4:25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, 4 Jerusalem, 5 Judea, and beyond the Jordan River. 6
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 sn The expression followed him pictures discipleship, which means that to learn from Jesus is to follow him as the guiding priority of one’s life.
3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
4 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.
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 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”).
