While  our  Lord  resided  in  the  neighborhood  of  Nazareth,
he  sent  out  hia  disciples  to  preach  in  different  parts  of  Galilee,-
and  to  proclaim  the  glad  tidings  that  God  was  then  going  to  es*
tnUish  the  kingdom  of  the  Messiah,  wherein  he  would  be  wor-
shipped in  spirit  and  in  truth.  And  in  ordei^  that  they  might
eonfirm  the  doctrines  they  delivered,  and  prove  that  they  had
received  their  commission  from  the  Son  of  God,  they  were  en-
dowed with  the  power  of  working  miracles.  How  long  they
•continuedtheir  preaching,  cannot  be  known^  but  it  is  reasonable
to  think  they  spent  a  considerable  time  in  it,  preaching  in  several
yiarts  of  Judea.
