And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
Ver. 28. His fame spread] Those that do worthily in Ephratah shall be famous in Bethlehem, Ruth 4:11. Cicero worthily preferreth Cato before Socrates, quoniam huius dicta, illius facta laudantur. because in saying these things, he is praised in doing those things. But our Lord Christ was mighty both "in deed and word," Luke 24:19 .