Matthew 15:21

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Matthew 15:21 is a verse in the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

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In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort, this verse is:

Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἐκεῖθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος.

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

The New International Version translates the passage as:

Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

Analysis

Perhaps because of rough reception Jesus received from many of the Jews, he retires to the confines of Tyre and Sidon, with the view of pointing out to His Apostles, by this mode of acting, how they were, after His resurrection, to transfer the preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles, from the Jews.

This is wrong as in fact Matthew 10:5 clearly says Jesus told his disciples not to go to either Jews or Gentiles but to the Lost Sheep of Israel - the Ten Lost Tribes.

10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

He may have also wanted to retreat and rest after His labors, for in Mark 7:27 we read that entering a house, He wished to remain concealed and unknown. Tyre and Sidon were maritime cities of Phoenicia, to the north of Galilee, near Mount Lebanon, which bordered on Judea. Some commentators state that Jesus did not enter the territories of the Gentiles, but, that He only came to the extreme confines of Galilee, on the borders of Phoenicia, of which Tyre and Sidon were the principal cities. In favour of this opinion, is the fact that the "woman came out" of these parts to see Jesus. However, this might be explained that while He was in these parts, she came out of her house to hear Him (Mark 7:25). [1] [2]

Henirich Meyer notes that this is a third point of "withdrawal", following on from Matthew 12:15 and Matthew 14:13; [3] the same word, ἀνεχώρησεν (anechōrēsen) is used in each case. [4]

Commentary from the Church Fathers

Jerome: "Leaving the Scribes and Pharisees and those cavillers, He passes into the parts of Tyre and Sidon; that He may heal the Tyrians and Sidonians; And Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon." [5]

Saint Remigius: "Tyre and Sidon were Gentile towns, for Tyre was the metropolis of the Chananæans, and Sidon the boundary of the Chananæans, towards the north." [5]

Chrysostom: " It should be observed, that when He delivered the Jews from the observance of meats, He then also opened the door to the Gentiles, as Peter was first bidden in the vision to break this law, and was afterwards sent to Cornelius. But if any should ask, how it is that He bade His disciples go not into the way of the Gentiles, and yet now Himself walks this way; we will answer, first, that that precept which He had given His disciples was not obligatory on Him; secondly, that He went not to preach, whence Mark even says, that He purposely concealed Himself." [5]

Saint Remigius: "He went that He might heal them of Tyre and Sidon; or that He might deliver this woman’s daughter from the dæmon, and so through her faith might condemn the wickedness of the Scribes and Pharisees. Of this woman it proceeds; And, behold, a woman, a Chananite, came out from those parts." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Robert Witham, Annotations on the New Testament of Jesus Christ. Dublin: 1730.
  2. ↑ John MacEvilly, An Exposition of the Gospel of St. John consisting of an analysis of each chapter and of a Commentary critical, exegetical, doctrinal and moral, Dublin Gill & Son 1879.
  3. ↑ Meyer, H. A. W., Meyer's NT Commentary on Matthew 15, accessed 12 September 2019
  4. ↑ Englishman's Concordance, ἀνεχώρησεν, accessed 3 March 2021
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Catena Aurea: commentary on the four Gospels; collected out of the works of the Fathers. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Thomas Aquinas".PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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