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Mar_1:39. Κηρύσσων εἰς τὰς συναγωγ . αὐτῶν κ . τ . λ .] There is the conception of direction in εἰς : announcing (the Gospel) into their synagogues. He is conceived of as coming before the assembly in the synagogue and speaking to them. Comp. the well-known modes of expression: ἐς τὸν δῆμον εἰπεῖν , Thuc. v. 45, εἰς τὴν στρατίαν εἰπεῖν , Xen. Anab. v. 6. 37; Joh_8:26, ταῦτα λέγω εἰς τὸν κόσμον . Comp. Mar_14:10; Rom_16:26. The following εἰς ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν specifies the geographical field, into which the κηρύσσειν εἰς τὰς συναγωγ . αὐτ . extended. Comp. Mar_13:10; Luk_24:47. We may add that this tour is not invented by Mark as a happier substitute for the Gadarene journey of Matthew 8, as Hilgenfeld assumes it to be, which is a vagary in the interest of antagonism to the independence of Mark. Holtzmann appropriately observes that Mar_1:35-39 is one of the most telling passages in favour of Mark’s originality.