And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
. Jesus enters the synagogues of the Hebrews to show that He is not opposed to the law.
He begins with miracles, to give credibility to what He teaches. By "disease" is meant chronic illness, and by "infirmity," a temporary bodily disorder.