I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel Jesus came to save all, but His personal ministry was confined, with few exceptions, to the Jews.
The thought of Israel as a flock of sheep lost on the mountains is beautifully drawn out, Ezekiel 34; "My flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them," (Matthew 15:6.) Read the whole chapter.
Verse Matthew 15:24. _I AM NOT SENT BUT UNTO THE LOST SHEEP_] By the Divine appointment, I am come to preach the Gospel to the Jews only. There are certain preachers who should learn a lesson of impo...
This narrative is also found in Mark 7:24. 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 there for the purp...
3. THE CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES; THE CANAANITISH WOMAN AND HER FAITH; THE MULTITUDES HEALED. CHAPTER 15 1. The Question of the Scribes and Pharisees.(Matthew 15:1 .) 2. His Answer. (M...
THE HEALING OF THE GREEK WOMAN'S DAUGHTER (Mark 7:24 *). 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 house of...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Matthew 15:1-9)...
And Jesus left there, and withdrew to the districts of Tyre and Sidon. And, look you, a Canaanite woman from these parts came and cried, "Have pity upon me, Sir, Son of David! My daughter is grievousl...
THE DAUGHTER OF A CANAANITE WOMAN IS CURED Mark 7:24-30 This narrative of faith without external observance or knowledge of the Law affords a suggestive contrast to the preceding discourse. It is no...
ΕἸΣ ΤᾺ ΠΡΌΒΑΤΑ ΤᾺ�.Τ.Λ. Jesus came to save all, but his personal ministry was confined, with few exceptions, to the Jews. The thought of Israel as a flock of sheep lost upon the mountain is beautifull...
Ver 21. Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, t...
_A CHANGE OF HEART BRINGS YOU TO JESUS MATTHEW 15:21-28_ : A woman with a changed heart came to Jesus asking for help for her daughter. "And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and...
ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part., см._ Matthew 15:3. ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004). ΆΠΕΣΤΆΛΗΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΑΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G649) посылать, отправлять. _см._ Matthew 10:2, 5.
I AM NOT SENT BUT, &C.— See the note on ch. Matthew 10:5. "Though I am come to save all the nations of the world,_my_ ministry must be confined to the Israelites." Thus at first Jesus seemed to refuse...
TEXT: 15:21-28 21 And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon, 22 And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord,...
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 7:24....
21 Compare Mar_7:24-30. 21 The incident of the Canaanitish woman is of surpassing interest to us, for it shows clearly what was the status of the nations in our Lord's ministry. Her very mistakes are...
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 positio...
THE CANAANITISH WOMAN (Mark 7:24). The two accounts are, however, independent....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 The three sections of chapter 15 show Jesus’ attitude to people who were not *Jews. He wanted them to be happy with the good news...
I AM NOT SENT (better, _I was not sent_) BUT UNTO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. — This, then, was what had restrained Him. Those wandering sheep, without a shepherd, were the appointed object...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
_Woman of Canaan_ (Mark 7:24-30). This excursion to the north is the result of a passionate longing to escape at once from the fever of popularity and from the _odium theologicum_ of Pharisees, and to...
οὐκ ἀπεστάλην : Jesus is compelled to explain Himself, and His explanation is _bonâ fide_, and to be taken in earnest as meaning that He considered it His duty to restrict His ministry to Israel, to b...
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 place....
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 passio...
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the (g) house of Israel. (g) Of the people of Israel, who were divided into tribes, but all those tribes came from one family....
THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30. “And rising up, He departed thence into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. And having come into a house, he wished no one to know it; and He was not...
"But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. (24) But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the ho...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_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,’ e...
24._I am not sent. _He informs the Apostles that his reason for refusing the woman of Canaan arises out of his desire to devote himself entirely to the Jews to whom alone he was appointed to be a mini...
chapter 15 displays man and God, the moral contrast between the doctrine of Christ and that of the Jews; and thus the Jewish system is rejected morally by God. When I speak of the system, I speak of t...
BUT HE ANSWERED, AND SAID,.... To his disciples, who knew how limited their commission was, that they were not to go into the way of the Gentiles, not to preach to them, nor perform miracles among the...
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Ver. 24. _But unto the lost sheep, &c._] He was properly the apostle of the circumcision,Romans 15:8; Hebrews 3...
_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; but into that part of the land of Israel which bordered on their...
I AM NOT SENT; the reference of our Lord is here to his personal ministry. See note on chap Matthew 10:6. In the Bible, and in the bestowment of his blessings in providence, God makes much of "due tim...
BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID, I AM NOT SENT BUT UNTO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Christ's Sphere of Activity in his Prophetic Office A good many unprejudiced, believing Bible-readers have stru...
Jesus makes a trial of her faith:...
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...
21-28 The dark corners of the country, the most remote, shall share Christ's influences; afterwards the ends of the earth shall see his salvation. The distress and trouble of her family brought a wom...
Our Lord by these words doth not deny but that he was sent as a Redeemer to more, but not as a minister, or as an _apostle, _ as he is called, HEBREWS 3:1. The apostle, ROMANS 15:8, saith, that Jesus...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics Therefore it was to Israel that he spake when He said, "I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."[95] Tertullian Against Marcion Book...
Matthew 15:24 But G1161 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) was G649 not G3756 sent G649 ...
‘And he answered and said, “I was not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” ' Jesus then turned in response to His disciples' requests and gave the reason for His lack of response. He de...
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 Mark 3...
Matthew 15:24. I WAS NOT SENT, etc. His personal mission was only to the Jews, as their previous mission had been (chap. Matthew 10:5-6). The exceptions all pointed to the future spiritual significanc...
I WAS NOT SENT (ουκ απεσταλην). Second aorist passive indicative of αποστελλω. Jesus takes a new turn with this woman in Phoenicia. He makes a test case of her request. In a way she represented the...
LOST SHEEP (Greek, "apollumi"). (_ See Scofield) - (John 3:16). _...
Matthew 15:22 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 better woma...
Matthew 15:18. _But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, theft...
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 try...
Matthew 15:1. then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread....
Matthew 15:10. _And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man._...
Matthew 15:13. _But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up._ He had not any peculiar tenderness towards them, they were no plants of his Fathe...
Matthew 15:21. _Then Jesus went thence,_ He was glad to get away from the scribes and Pharisees, who had been disputing about such trifles as the washing of his disciples' hands; he was tired of the...
Jesus had been in conflict with the Scribes and Pharisees. He never liked such discussions, and though he was always victorious in every controversy, it grieved his spirit. Matthew 15:21. _Then Jesus...
CONTENTS: Scribes and Pharisees rebuked. Syrophonecian's daughter healed. The multitude healed. 4000 fed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, (disciples), Syrophonecian woman, her daughter. CONCLUSION: The Ch...
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 wh...
I HAVE BEEN SENT ONLY TO. His _personal_ mission was only to the Jews, and his disciples were sent only to the Jews (Matthew 10:5-6). But after he was crucified and raised to glory, God canceled the b...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 15:24 ONLY TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Later, through the apostles, the message of the gospel is to go to the Gentiles (Acts 1:8;...
JESUS SENDS A DEMON OUT OF A GIRL MATTHEW 15:21-28; MARK 7:24-30; MATTHEW 15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon....
CHAPTER 15 _Then there came to Him_, &c. The Scribes of Jerusalem, as being at the very fountain head of faith and religion, arrogated to them selves the right of censuring the doctrine of new teache...
_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 narrow strip o...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 15:1 _Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. _(Mark 7:1.) MATTHEW 15:1 THEN. This is after the third Passover, which wheth
Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were from Jerusalem (Matthew 15:1), Hey, these guys had come a long way to challenge Him. They came all the way from Jerusalem clear up to Galilee, whi...
Acts 13:46; Acts 3:25; Acts 3:26; Ezekiel 34:16; Ezekiel 34:23;...
I am not sent — Not primarily; not yet....
Observe, when our Saviour doth answer, he gives not one word of comfort, but rather. repulse. Christ has often-times love in his heart to his people, when they can read none in his countenance, nor ga...