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Mar_1:28. Εἰς ὅλην τ . περίχ . τ . Γαλιλ .] not merely therefore into Galilee itself, but also into the whole region that surrounds Galilee. Comp. Luk_3:3; Luk_8:37. This wide diffusion, the expression of which is still further strengthened by πανταχοῦ (see the critical remarks), is not at variance with the εὐθύς (Köstlin finds in the word “a mistaken fashion of exaggeration”), which is to be estimated in accordance with the lively popular mode of expression. Criticism becomes confused by the stress laid on such points.
πανταχοῦ ] with the verb of motion, as is often the case among the Greeks: every-whither. Comp. on ἀλλαχοῦ , Mar_1:38.
It is to be observed, we may add, that this first miracle, which Mark and Luke relate, is not designated by them as the first. Hence there is no inconsistency with Joh_2:11 (in opposition to Strauss).