Matthew 15:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. ”

Matthew 15:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Matthew 15:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 15:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Truth . Yea. yet . for even: assenting to the Lord's words, while using them as an additional ground of her plea. crumbs . scraps.
Matthew 15:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

27. Certainly, Lord. The woman’s reply showed that she was not hurried along by a blind or thoughtless impulse to offer a flat contradiction (420) to what Christ had said. As God preferred...
Matthew 15:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Truth, Lord - Ναι κυριε, Yes, Lord. This appears to be not so much an assent, as a bold reply to our Lo...
Matthew 15:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And she said, Truth, Lord— Ναι, Κυριε : which is sometimes used as a form of assenting, and sometimes of intreating. "I acknowledge, Lord, the truth and justice of what thou hast said; nevertheless...
Matthew 15:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 7:24-30 .
Matthew 15:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 15:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs. — The insertion of the conjunction “for” in the Greek gives it a force which it is hard to reproduce in English, “Yet grant what I ask, for the dogs und...
Matthew 15:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Matthew 15:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Matthew 15:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 15:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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...
Matthew 15:27 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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,’...
Matthew 15:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she saith, truth, Lord ,.... She owns all that he had said to be true, that he was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel: that she was indeed but a dog, a poor sinful creature, and...
Matthew 15:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Ver. 27. Truth, Lord ] Ναι, Κυριε. This is particula assentientis et obsecrantis. How strangely d...
Matthew 15:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 15:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 15:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Canaanite's Daughter Healed. 21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, behold, a wom...
Matthew 15:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mark reports it to the same sense, Mark 7:28 . She goeth on after three repulses, the last of which was not without a reproach, for our Lord had implicitly called her a dog. These words are as muc...
Matthew 15:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 15:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 15:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 15:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 15:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 15:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Matthew 15:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And she said, Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Here is an example of persistent, importunate pleading, not only in her own interest, to take away the...
Matthew 15:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:8 ; 1 Corinthians 15:9 ; 1 Timothy 1:13-15 ; Daniel 9:18 ; Ephesians 3:19 ; Ephesians 3:8 ; Ezekiel 16:63 ; Genesis 32:10 ; Job 40:4 ; Job 40:5 ; Job 42:2-6 ; Luke 15:18...

Matthew 15:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 15:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 15:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 15:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 15:27 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 15:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 15:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 15:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 15:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 15:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 15:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 15:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 15:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 15:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 15:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge