Verse Matthew 15:28. _O WOMAN, GREAT IS THY FAITH_] The hinderances thrown in this woman's way only tended to increase her faith. Her faith resembles a river, which becomes enlarged by the dykes oppos...
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...
ANSWERED AND SAID. exclaimed and said.. Hebraism. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. O WOMAN. Figure of speech _Ecphonesis._ GREAT IS THY FAITH. Contrast the disciples (Matthew 16:8), where the same Figur...
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....
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...
St Mark has εὖρεν τὸ παιδίον βεβλημένον ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην καὶ τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐξεληλυθός....
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...
DISCOURSE: 1371 THE DAUGHTER OF THE CANAANITESS DISPOSSESSED Matthew 15:28. _Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was mad...
THEN JESUS ANSWERED—O WOMAN! GREAT IS THY FAITH— Jesus having thus made it evident that the woman possessed a very high degree of faith, a just notion of his power and goodness, and of her own unworth...
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....
O WOMAN, GREAT _is_ THY FAITH, etc.] Why did Jesus speak to her so harshly, and wait so long before granting her request? (1) To test the strength of her faith; (2) to teach her the lesson that persis...
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...
O WOMAN, GREAT IS THY FAITH. — The answer of the woman changed the conditions of the problem, and therefore, we may reverently add, changed the purpose which depended on them. Here again, as in the ca...
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...
_Entreaty renewed at close quarters with success_....
mmediate compliance with her request with intense delight in her faith, which may have recalled to mind that of another Gentile (Matthew 8:10). ὦ γύναι : exclamation in a tone enriched by the harmonie...
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...
_Be it done. Inn the beginning God said, Let there be light, and there was light; here Jesus Christ says, let it be done, &c. and her daughter was healed from that hour. So powerful with God is earnes...
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...
"Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour." Here finisheth the wonderful subject, in t...
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...
_‘GREAT FAITH’_ ‘O woman, great is thy faith.’ Matthew 15:28 There are many beautiful and striking features in the character and conduct of this Syrophœnician woman. Her motherly care; her energy;...
_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...
28._Great is thy faith. _He first applauds the woman’s _faith_, and next declares, that on account of her _faith _he grants her prayer. The greatness of her _faith _appeared chiefly in this respect, t...
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...
THEN JESUS ANSWERED, AND SAID UNTO HER,.... As one surprised at the strength of her faith, and the clearness and justness of her pious reasoning; and not concealing himself, and the designs of grace,...
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great _is_ thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. Ver. 28. _O woman, great is thy faith_] O...
_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...
God often delays answering our requests, as a trail of our faith and humility. When these have been brought into exercise, a gracious answer will speedily come....
The victory of faith: THEN JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER, O WOMAN, GREAT IS THY FAITH; BE IT UNTO THEE EVEN AS THOU WILT. AND HER DAUGHTER WAS MADE WHOLE FROM THAT VERY HOUR. Regardless of her birt...
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...
Mark saith, MARK 7:29, _And he said unto her. For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI But when she with intensified resolution, accepting the saying of Jesus, puts forth the claim to obtain crumbs even as a little dog, and acknowledges that the mas...
Matthew 15:28 Then G5119 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) her G846 O G5599 woman...
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...
‘Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith. Be it done to you even as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.' Impressed by her faith, and aware that she has no...
Matthew 15:28. GREAT IS THY FAITH. The greatest faith had been shown by Gentiles (comp. chap. Matthew 8:10); and of this woman's characteristics, ‘faith' was not only the crown, but the source. AND H...
AS THOU WILT (ως θελεις). Her great faith and her keen rejoinder won her case....
GREAT IS THY FAITH See (Luke 7:7); (Mark 6:6). Faith honours God, knowing that he is faithful. Compare (1 John 5:10)....
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 15:28 The Greatness of Faith. I. Observe first, how widely prevalent the principle is which comes to its consummation in the giving of Himself by Christ to men. Everywhere faith, or the capac...
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...
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...
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 15:13. _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 15:10. _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 15:1. 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 15:1. _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...
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...
YOU ARE A WOMAN OF GREAT FAITH. She showed her great faith by: (1) She came to Christ in spite of the separation between Jew and Gentile. (2) She did not give up even when her prayer seemed unanswered...
_Then Jesus went thence and departed Into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon._ THE WOMAN OF CANAAN I. What made the faith of this woman so remarkable? 1. She had much against her in her original circumsta...
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...
1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Job 13:15; Job 23:10; John 4:50;...
Thy faith — Thy reliance on the power and goodness of God....
The disciples observing her behaviour, might have been ready to say,. woman, great is thy patience, great is thy humility: but says Christ, GREAT IS THY FAITH: he sees the root, we the branches. Nothi...