en_tn_condensed/luk/04/37.md

So news about him began to spread ... the surrounding region

This is a comment about what happened after the story. The spread of the news was caused by the events within the story itself. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-endofstory)

news about him began to spread

"reports about Jesus began to spread" or "people began to spread the news about Jesus"