Everyone in the surrounding regions was talking about what happened: rumours about Jesus spread throughout Galilee. Capernaum (where they currently were) was a border city. The surrounding area mostly bordered Galilee. In that non-Jewish area the rumour could spread quickly—also on the Sabbath. The result will become apparent in Mark 1:32 when the people of the surrounding area (after the Jewish Sabbath has just ended) already come to Jesus.1
28 And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.