Matthew 4:17

17 exinde coepit Iesus praedicare et dicere paenitentiam agite adpropinquavit enim regnum caelorum

Matthew 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say
Not from the time he dwelt in Capernaum; for he had preached in Nazareth before he came there, ( Luke 4:16 Luke 4:31 ) nor from the time of John's being cast into prison; for he had preached, and made disciples, who were baptized by his orders, before John's imprisonment, ( John 3:22 John 3:24-26 ) ( John 4:1 ) but from the time that Satan left tempting him; as soon as that combat was over, immediately he went into Galilee, began to preach, and called his disciples. The words with which he began his ministry are the same with which John begun his; which shows the entire agreement between them, in that they not only preached the same doctrine, but in the same words; (See Gill on Matthew 3:2)

Matthew 4:17 In-Context

15 terra Zabulon et terra Nepthalim via maris trans Iordanen Galilaeae gentium

16 populus qui sedebat in tenebris lucem vidit magnam et sedentibus in regione et umbra mortis lux orta est eis

17 exinde coepit Iesus praedicare et dicere paenitentiam agite adpropinquavit enim regnum caelorum

18 ambulans autem iuxta mare Galilaeae vidit duos fratres Simonem qui vocatur Petrus et Andream fratrem eius mittentes rete in mare erant enim piscatores

19 et ait illis venite post me et faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum