1. Matthew 4:24 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Where was Syria located in the time of Jesus?

Matthew 4:24 (ESV)

24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

Syria lay north of Galilee, constituting the entire territory of what is today known as Syria and Lebanon.1

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