“ Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. ”
This narrative is also found in Mark 7:24-30 . The coasts of Tyre and Sidon - These cities were on the seacoast or shore of the Mediterranean. See the notes at Matthew 11:21 . Jesus went ther...
The Healing of the Greek Woman's Daughter ( Mark 7:24-30 *). Lk. may have thought the story unacceptable to his Gentile readers. Mt. adds the saying, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the...
worshipped Him . threw herself at His feet [and remained there]. Imperfect tense. Compare John 9:38 . See App-137. Lord, help me. This was. better plea, but there was no definition of the "me",...
25. And she came and worshipped him. We might be apt to think that this woman contends with some measure of obstinacy, as if she would extort something from Christ in spite of him; but there...
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. Lord, help me - Let me also share in the deliverance afforded to Israel.
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 7:24-30 .
The Traditions of the Elders. The Canaanitish Woman. Feeding the Four Thousand 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders ( Mark 7:1 ). In this important controversy Jesus defined His p...
Then came she and worshipped him. — The word implies the act of prostrate homage. She had apparently stood apart during the conversation between the Prophet and His disciples, and now came again, r...
Chapter 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1-36 - Matthew 15:1-39 - Matthew 16:1-12 . THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet be...
the Reward of an Outsider's Faith Matthew 15:21-28 A crumb from the table of our Lord can make the heart satisfied and glad. But the suppliant must take the right place and give Him His right p...
The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against the binding of such burdens on men our Lord passi...
"Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. (26) But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to dogs. (27) And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs...
THE WOMAN OF CANAAN ‘Behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil,’...
Then came she and worshipped him ,.... She followed the disciples into the house; and perceiving another repulse by Christ's answer to them, she pushes on, through all discouragements; her faith gro...
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. Ver. 25. Then came she and worshipped him ] She will not be said nay, or set down either with silence or sad answers; but, like another Go...
Jesus departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon Not to those cities which were to have no share in his mighty works, Matthew 11:21-22 ; but into that part of the land of Israel which bordered on...
After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem is an example of how the deadening principle of...
The Canaanite's Daughter Healed. 21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, behold, a wom...
She here acknowledgeth his Divine power, and implores his help; thus showing that she believed him to be the Son of God, and a rewarder of those that sought him; and continues her request after two r...
Jesus Begins To Move Towards The Gentiles (15:22-28). Jesus now moves for safety and quiet towards Tyre and Sidon. There were many Jews in the area who had shown an interest in hearing Him (see M...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 15:21 . Departed .— Withdrew (R.V.) for retirement ( Mark 7:24 ). Coasts .— Parts (R.V.). The reference is apparently to the places of Galilee that bordered on the narr...
Matthew 15:22-28 Mother's Love. I. Our Lord judged this woman after He had tried her, as gold is tried in the fire. Why He did so we cannot tell. Perhaps He wanted by the trial to make her a bett...
Matthew 15:1 . Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these pettifoggers came round about him to...
Matthew 15:2 . Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal authority with the law itself. Rabbi Aquiba says, he...
EXPOSITION Matthew 15:1-40 Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. ( Mark 7:1-41 .) Matthew 15:1 Then . This is after the third Passover, which whether our Lord attended or not...
Then came she and worshiped Him, saying, Lord, help me.
Genesis 32:26 ; Hosea 12:4 ; Luke 11:8-10 ; Luke 18:1 ; Mark 9:22 ; Mark 9:24 ; Matthew 14:33 ; Matthew 20:31
Then came she — Into the house where he now was.