Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Ver. 21. Into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon] That royal exchange of the world, as one calleth it. Hither retired our Saviour, as tired out with the Jews' perverseness. And here it's like he did much good, according to that which was prophesied, Isaiah 23:18. Sure it is, that whereas here he would have hidden himself, he could not, for the woman of Canaan came and fell at his feet as a suppliant for her daughter.