Mark 7:24

Mark 7:24. And from thence. Probably Capernaum, though the locality is nowhere specified.

Went. Matthew: ‘withdrew,' to avoid the Pharisees.

The borders of Tyre and Sidon. See on Matthew 15:21. Some ancient authorities omit ‘and Sidon,' probably to avoid a difficulty in Mark 7:31.

Entered into a house. To avoid notice.

And he could not be hid. From the desire of the mother who came. She entered the house, and afterwards followed Him in the way. Some however suppose that the first entreaty (Matthew 15:22) took place outside the house and the final entreaty within it, so that ‘He could not be hid,' because she pressed in.