Mar 3:7-8 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 3:7-12: 3:7-12 Jesus’ departure to the lake (the Sea of Galilee) sets the scene for 4:1–5:43 . The multitude that came to see John the Baptist (1:7 ) was surpassed by the multitude that came to see Jesus. • Idumea was a region in southern Judea that had been occupied by the Edomites after the Exile. • Tyre and Sidon were Phoenician cities on the Mediterranean coast that Jesus later visited (7:24 , 31 ).

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‏ Mark 3:7-8

Summary for Mark 3:7-12: 3:7-12 ^a Jesus’ departure to the lake (the Sea of Galilee) sets the scene for 4:1–5:43 ^b. The multitude that came to see John the Baptist (1:7 ^c) was surpassed by the multitude that came to see Jesus.

• Idumea was a region in southern Judea that had been occupied by the Edomites after the Exile.

• Tyre and Sidon were Phoenician cities on the Mediterranean coast that Jesus later visited (7:24 ^d, 31 ^e).