Gundry also notes that in the Masoretic text the last line reads "region of the Gentiles." The word for region is "galil" and can easily become "Galilee," the switch does not much affect the meaning of the verse as Zebulun and Naphtali were both in Galilee. France notes that referring to Galilee as the area of the Gentiles was appropriate both when Isaiah and when Matthew were written. While Galilee had a large Jewish population the majority of the people were then Gentiles. The mention of the Gentiles is part of the important theme in Matthew of showing that Jesus' message is meant for both Jews and Gentiles. France notes that in Matthew there is a common pattern of Jesus being persecuted by the Jews, as had happened with the arrest of John the Baptist, but being turned by this persecution to more receptive Gentile audiences.