And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he [The 'He' is emphatic kai (G2532 ) autos (G846 )], passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee, х dia (G1223) mesou (G3319) Samareias (G4540)]. This may mean, 'between Samaria and Galilee,' that is, on the frontiers of both, but without passing through them-as Meyer, Alford, Webster and Wilkinson, etc., take it: or, it may mean, "through the midst of Samaria and Galilee," in the sense of passing through those regions-as de Wette and Olshausen understand it. But in this sense the phrase is scarcely a natural one; nor does it seem to us likely that our Evangelist means his readers to understand that this was a fresh journey through those great divisions of the country. We prefer, therefore, the former sense. But the whole chronology of this large portion of our Gospel is difficult. See remarks prefixed to Luke 9:51.