Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 19:2

2 And great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

Most Interpreters agree that both Mark▪ Ch. 10.1. & Luk. Ch. 9.51. make mention of the same motion of our Saviour out of Galilee, into the Province of Iudea, which is here expressed, tho Luke and Iohn mention something largely, some things done in the way, of which Matthew speaketh not. He departed from Galilee: Our Saviour had hitherto spent his time mostly in Galilee, the Country of the Iews was divided into three Provinces. Galilee, Samaria, and Iudea: Galilee was the more Northerly part of the Country. And was divided into the upper Galilee, which is also called Galilee of the Gentiles, Mat. 4.15. and the lower Galilee, which was Contiguous to it, but lay more Southerly, and adjoyned to Samaria: Our Saviour dwelt at Nazareth a long time. Corazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum, were all Cities of Galilee. He is now taking his leave of this Province, into which he never returned more. His next way into Iudea, lay through Samaria (for Samaria lay in the middle, betwixt Galilee and Iudea) and through part of it he did go, for Luk. 9.52. some Inhabitants of a Village belonging to the Samaritanes refused to receive him. He came into the Coasts of Iudea beyond Iordan. This Phrase hath caused some Difficulty to Interpreters, because Iudea was bounded by Iordan ▪ and had no Coasts beyond it. Some say, that the term beyond Iordan must be applyed to, he came, he came beyond Iordan, to the Coasts of Iudea. Others say, that as Men came out of Egypt, the Coasts of Iudea were beyond Iordan, Mat. 4.15. But some think it should be there translated, By Iordan: The word [non-Latin text not transcribed] signifies any Border, or side of a Border, Beyond Iordan: Therefore is on the Border of Iordan, and possibly were better translated so, seeing the Word will bear it, and there were no Coasts of Iudea beyond Iordan: It is probable, that our Saviour coming out of Galilee into Samaria, kept on the left hand near to Iordan, till he came into Iudea, which also bordered on that River. Wherever he went great multitudes followed him, but more for Healing their Bodies, or for the Loaves, than for the Feeding, or Healing of their Souls; so different is most peoples Sense of their Bodily and Spiritual wants. He Healed them the Text saith, but it saith not, They believed in him.