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Mar_1:14 f. See on Mat_4:12; Mat_4:17; Luk_4:14 f.
εἰς τ . Γαλιλ .] in order to be more secure than in the place where John had laboured; according to Ewald: “He might not allow the work of the Baptist to fall to pieces.” But this would not furnish a motive for His appearing precisely in Galilee. See Weizsäcker, p. 333. In Matthew also the matter is conceived of as ἀναχώρησις .
κηρύσσων ] present participle with ἦλθεν . See Dissen, ad Pind. Ol. vii. 14, p. 81; Bornemann, ad Xen. Anab. vii. 7. 17; Stallbaum, ad Plat. Phaed. p. 116 C.
τὸ εὐαγγ . τοῦ Θεοῦ ] See on Mar_1:1.
ὅτι ] recitative.
ὁ καιρός ] the period, namely, which was to last until the setting up of the Messiah’s kingdom, ὁ καιρὸς οὗτος , Mar_10:30. It is conceived of as a measure. See on Gal_4:4.
πιστεύετε ἐν τῷ εὐαγγ .] Believe on the gospel. As to πιστ . with ἐν , see on Gal_3:26; Eph_1:13; frequently in the LXX. The object of faith is conceived as that in which the faith is fixed and based. Fritzsche takes ἐν as instrumental: “per evangelium ad fidem adducimini.” This is to be rejected, since the object of the faith would be wanting, and since τὸ εὐαγγ . is just the news itself, which Jesus gave in πεπλήρωται κ . τ . λ .