Matthew 15:21

Matthew 15:21. And Jesus withdrew. Partly in consequence of the hostility of the Pharisees; partly to seek retirement (Mark 7:24); He designed also, to signify, through the incident which was to follow, the future admission of the Gentiles into His kingdom.

Into the parts. Mark 7:24: ‘borders.' He may not have passed much beyond the frontier .

Tyre and Sidon. Phoenicia, here named from its chief cities, was north of upper Galilee, and inhabited by Gentiles. The Jewish world was closing against our Lord; the Gentile world was not yet open. He sought seclusion near the border line, but ‘He could not be hid' (Mark 7:24). The heathen mother found Him: she was a type of the longing, suffering Gentile world.