[Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali. so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled.
"Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,
on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles --
the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death
light has dawned.'
[From that time Jesus began to proclaim, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."]
As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him. He walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him.
[Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.]
The Gospel of the Lord.
Israel is in three provinces, stacked south to north, Judah, Samaria, and Galilee.
Judah has Jerusalem with its Temple in its southern portion.
Samaria is a province where its inhabitants had intermarried with the local pagans.
The people in Samaria, cut off from the Temple of Jerusalem, were seen as living in darkness and a spiritual void.
James and John, brotherS, each with a fiery temper, hence Boanerges, Sons of Thunder.
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