Matthew 10:5 instructs disciples to avoid Gentiles—contrasting with Jesus' ministry in Gentile Galilee.

2 Kings 15:29 describes the Assyrian conquest of Galilee that led to the darkness and later hope prophesied in Isaiah.

Isaiah 9:1 is the direct prophecy Matthew quotes, about Galilee of the Gentiles seeing a great light.

Mark 1:39 parallels Jesus preaching throughout all Galilee—the same early ministry setting.

John 7:52 shows skepticism that no prophet comes from Galilee—contradicted by Jesus as fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy.

1 Kings 9:11 records Solomon giving Galilee cities to a Gentile king, explaining the region's Gentile association.