1. Matthieu 4:14–16 (NEG79)
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What area is known as “the way of the sea?”

Matthieu 4:14–16 (NEG79)

14 afin que s'accomplisse ce qui avait été annoncé par Esaïe, le prophète:

En bref

In Matthew, the Greek word hodon (a translation of the Hebrew derea) means the way of the sea, either along the Mediterranean or along the Sea of Tiberias, depending which sea is meant

The Greek word hodon (a translation of the Hebrew word derea) is a Hebraism, which in Matthew 4:15 functions as a preposition translated as the way of the sea. Depending on whether the sea here indicates the Mediterranean sea or the Sea of Galilee, it describes either the territory to the west of Zebulun and Naphtali or the area next to the Sea of Tiberias.