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The Verse in Focus (Matthew 4:23)

Καὶ περιῆγεν ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ

Καὶ περιῆγεν… ὁ Ἰησοῦς: The Traveling Messiah περιῆγεν is the imperfect active indicative of περιάγω, meaning “he went about” or “he traveled around.” The imperfect tense signifies continuous or repeated action in the past — Jesus habitually traveled. ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν — “all Galilee,” accusative of extent of space.

The verb-subject order is emphatic: the action leads, and the subject ὁ Ἰησοῦς comes last, highlighting what he was doing more than who he was.… Learn Koine Greek