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The Gospel of Matthew
Jesus is gaining lots of attention her, so he's going to see the crowds and his disciples came to him. The whole point is that it's jesus has got his crew but the back drop is both israel and the nations. By syria, matthew probably means not the entire official province but the region to the north northeast of palestine. Although many jews did live in the decapolis, these jews, hearing of jesus in a predominantly gentile region allows matthew to point his readers to a geo ically expansive gentile mission.