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New Living Translation

Matthew 15:21

Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Sidon;   Syro-Phoenician;   Tyre;   Scofield Reference Index - Christ;   Thompson Chain Reference - Tyre;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sidonians, the;   Tyre;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tyre or Tyrus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Pharisees;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Syrophenician;   Zidon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sidon;   Tyre;   Holman Bible Dictionary - District;   Exorcism;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Mission(s);   Phoenicia;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Lazarus;   Mss;   Text of the New Testament;   Zidon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Almsgiving ;   City;   Cosmopolitanism;   Cures;   Dalmanutha;   Individuality;   Law;   Lazarus;   Loneliness;   Lunatic;   Manuscripts;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Ministry;   Naphtali ;   Portion ;   Proverbs ;   Sidon (2);   Tyre ;   Tyre (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Zidon, Sidon ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Sidon;   Tradition;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Tyre;   Zidon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tyre;   Zi'don,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Phoenicia;   Sea, the Great;   Tyre;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Jesus left there, he withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon.
King James Version (1611)
Then Iesus went thence, and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon.
King James Version
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
English Standard Version
And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
New American Standard Bible
Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
New Century Version
Jesus left that place and went to the area of Tyre and Sidon.
Amplified Bible
After leaving there, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iesus went thence, and departed into the coastes of Tyrus and Sidon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Legacy Standard Bible
And going away from there, Jesus withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Berean Standard Bible
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus left and went to the territory near the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua left that place and went off to the region of Tzor and Tzidon.
Darby Translation
And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus went from there to the area of Tyre and Sidon.
George Lamsa Translation
And Jesus went out from thence, and he came to the border of Tyre and Sidon.
Good News Translation
Jesus left that place and went off to the territory near the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
Lexham English Bible
And departing from there, Jesus went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Literal Translation
And going out from there, Jesus withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
American Standard Version
And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua went out from there, and withdrew into the parts of Tzor and Tzidon.
International Standard Version
Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.Mark 7:24;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
AND Jeshu went forth from thence, and came to the borders of Tsur and Tsaidon.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus departed from there, and went to the confines of Tyre and Sidon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus went thence, and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon.
English Revised Version
And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
World English Bible
Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus going thence, retired to the coast of Tyre and Sidon.
Weymouth's New Testament
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus yede out fro thennus, and wente in to the coostis of Tire and Sidon.
Update Bible Version
And Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the territories of Tyre and Sidon.
New English Translation
After going out from there, Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
New King James Version
Mark 7:24-30">[xr] Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
New Life Bible
Jesus went from there to the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
New Revised Standard
Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, going forth from thence, Jesus retired into the parts of Tyre and Zidon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coast of Tyre and Sidon.
Revised Standard Version
And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus went thence and departed in to the costis of Tyre and Sidon.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus having come forth thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iesus wente out from thence, & departed in to the coastes of Tyre of Sidon.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Then Jesus went thence, and retir'd towards the district of Tyre and Sidon.
THE MESSAGE
From there Jesus took a trip to Tyre and Sidon. They had hardly arrived when a Canaanite woman came down from the hills and pleaded, "Mercy, Master, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly afflicted by an evil spirit."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus shucked out and headed for the country around Tyre and Sidon.

Contextual Overview

21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely." 23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. "Tell her to go away," they said. "She is bothering us with all her begging." 24 Then Jesus said to the woman, "I was sent only to help God's lost sheep—the people of Israel." 25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, "Lord, help me!" 26 Jesus responded, "It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs." 27 She replied, "That's true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters' table." 28 "Dear woman," Jesus said to her, "your faith is great. Your request is granted." And her daughter was instantly healed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and departed: Mark 7:24

Tyre: Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:6, Matthew 11:21-23, Genesis 49:13, Joshua 11:8, Joshua 13:6, Joshua 19:28, Joshua 19:29, Judges 1:31

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:14 - General 1 Kings 17:9 - which belongeth Matthew 16:13 - came Luke 6:17 - the sea John 4:43 - two Acts 10:38 - who

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
(As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.)
Genesis 15:19
the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Exodus 33:2
And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Exodus 34:11
But listen carefully to everything I command you today. Then I will go ahead of you and drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Deuteronomy 7:1
"When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are greater and more numerous than you.
Matthew 8:28
When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They came out of the tombs and were so violent that no one could go through that area.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Jesus went thence,.... From the land of Gennesaret, after he had silenced the Pharisees, as to the charge brought by them against his disciples; and when he had reproved them for their hypocrisy and wickedness, in making void the commands of God by their traditions; and had explained some difficult and parabolical sayings he had made use of to his disciples, he then left that country, and departed very privately: either to shun the multitude, for the sake of retirement; or to avoid any snares the Scribes and Pharisees might be laying for him, who must be greatly galled with his free discourse, and strong arguments:

and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon; two principal cities of Phoenicia: not that he went into these places themselves, but into some places that bordered upon them; for as he ordered his disciples not to go in the way of the Gentiles, so neither did he himself.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This narrative is also found in Mark 7:24-30.

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 purpose of concealment Mark 7:24, perhaps still to avoid Herod.

Matthew 15:22

A woman of Canaan - This woman is called, also, a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, Mark 7:26

In ancient times, the whole land, including Tyre and Sidon, was in the possession of the Canaanites, and called Canaan. The Phoenicians were descended from the Canaanites. The country, including Tyre and Sidon, was called Phoenicia, or Syro-Phoenicia. That country was taken by the Greeks under Alexander the Great, and those cities, in the time of Christ, were Greek cities. This woman was therefore a Gentile, living under the Greek government, and probably speaking the Greek language. She was by birth a Syro-Phoenician, born in that country, and descended, therefore, from the ancient Canaanites. All these names might, with propriety, be given to her.

Coasts - Regions or countries.

Thou son of David - Descendant of David. See the notes at Matthew 1:1. The phrase here means the Messiah.

Is grievously vexed with a devil - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. The woman showed great earnestness. She cried unto him, and fell at his feet, Mark 7:25.

Matthew 15:23

But he answered her not a word - This was done to test her faith, and that there might be exhibited to the apostles an example of the effect of persevering supplication.

The result shows that it was not unwillingness to aid her, or neglect of her. It was proper that the strength of her faith should be fully tried.

Matthew 15:24

But he answered and said, I am not sent ... - This answer was made to the woman, not to the disciples.

The “lost sheep of the house of Israel” were the Jews. He came first to them. He came as their expected Messiah. He came to preach the gospel himself to the Jews only. Afterward it was preached to the Gentiles, but the ministry of Jesus was confined almost entirely to the Jews.

Matthew 15:25

She came and worshipped - That is, bowed down to him or did him reverence.

See the notes at Matthew 8:2.

Lord, help me! - A proper cry for a poor sinner, who needs the help of the Lord Jesus.

Matthew 15:26

But he answered and said, It is not meet ... - That is, it is not appropriate or proper.

Children’s bread - The Jews considered themselves as the special children of God.

To all other nations they were accustomed to apply terms of contempt, of which dogs was the most common. The Muslims still apply the term “dogs” to Christians, and Christians and Jews to each other. The term is designed as an expression of the highest contempt. The Saviour means to say that he was sent to the Jews. The woman was a Gentile. He meant merely using a term in common use, and designed to test her faith in the strongest manner - that it did not comport with the design of his personal ministry to apply benefits intended for the Jews to others. Evidently he cannot be understood as intending to justify or sanction the use of such terms, or calling names. He meant to try her faith. As if he had said, “You are a Gentile; I am a Jew. The Jews call themselves children of God. You they vilify and abuse, calling you a dog. Are you willing to receive of a Jew, then, a favor? Are you willing to submit to these appellations to receive a favor of one of that nation, and to acknowledge your dependence on a people that so despise you?” It was, therefore, a trial of her faith, and was not a lending of his sanction to the propriety of the abusive term. He regarded her with a different feeling.

Matthew 15:27

And she said, Truth, Lord ... - What you say is true.

Let it be that the best food should be given to the children - let the Jews have the chief benefit of thy ministry; but the dogs beneath the table eat the crumbs. So let me be regarded as a dog, a pagan, as unworthy of everything. Yet grant one exertion of that almighty power displayed so signally among the Jews, and heal the despised daughter of a despised heathen mother.”

Matthew 15:28

Great is thy faith - That is, thy trust, confidence.

The word here seems to include, also, the humility and perseverance manifested in pressing her suit. The daughter was healed then. Going home, she found her well and composed, Mark 7:30.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 15:21. Departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. — εις τα μερη, towards the coasts or confines. It is not clear that our Lord ever left the land of the Hebrews; he was, as the apostle observes, Romans 15:8, the minister of the circumcision according to the truth of God. Tyre and Sidon are usually joined together, principally because they are but a few miles distant from each other.


 
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