the people who lived [there] in [spiritual] darkness saw a great light. Light shone upon these people, who lived in an area that was under the shadow of death."

And so when Jesus had finished speaking He left Galilee and came to the region of Judea, on the east side of the Jordan River.

Then Jesus again went across [to the east side of] the Jordan River, to the place where John had first immersed people, and stayed there.