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Into the border of Judea and beyond Jordan (eis ta horia tēs Ioudaias kai peran tou Iordanou). See note on Mat 19:1 for discussion of this curious expression. Matthew adds “from Galilee” and Luk 17:11 says that Jesus “was passing through the midst of Samaria and Galilee” after leaving Ephraim (Joh 11:54). A great deal has intervened between the events at the close of Mark 9 and those in the beginning of Mark 10. For these events See Matthew 18; John 7-11; Luke 9:57-18:14 (one-third of Luke’s Gospel comes in here). It was a little over six months to the end at the close of Mark 9. It is just a few weeks now in Mark 10. Jesus has begun his last journey to Jerusalem going north through Samaria, Galilee, across the Jordan into Perea, and back into Judea near Jericho to go up with the passover pilgrims from Galilee.
Multitudes (ochloi). Caravans and caravans journeying to Jerusalem. Many of them are followers of Jesus from Galilee or at least kindly disposed towards him. They go together (sunporeuontai) with Jesus. Note dramatic historical present.
As he was wont (hōs eiōthei). Second past perfect used like an imperfect from eiōtha, second perfect active. Jesus was teaching (edidasken, imperfect, no longer present tense) this moving caravan.