Matthew 4:15

4:15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,

the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles –

Matthew 9:31

9:31 But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region. ¹ 

Matthew 11:24

11:24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom ²  on the day of judgment than for you!”

[9:31]  ¹ tn For the translation of τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην (thn ghn ekeinhn) as “that region,” see L&N 1.79.

[11:24]  ¹ sn The allusion to Sodom, the most wicked of OT cities from Gen 19:1-29, shows that to reject the current message is even more serious, and will result in more severe punishment, than the worst sins of the old era. The phrase region of Sodom is in emphatic position in the Greek text.