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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:29-39

Here is, I. A general account of Christ's cures, his curing by wholesale. The tokens of Christ's power and goodness are neither scarce nor scanty; for there is in him an overflowing fulness. Now observe, 1. The place where these cures were wrought; it was near the sea of Galilee, a part of the country Christ was much conversant with. We read not of any thing he did in the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, but the casting of the devil out of the woman of Canaan's daughter, as if he took that journey on... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 15:29-39

15:29-39 And Jesus left there, and went to the Sea of Galilee; and he went up into a mountain, and he was sitting there; and great crowds came to him, bringing with them people who were lame and blind and deaf and maimed, and laid them at his feet, and he healed them, so that the crowd were amazed when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed restored to soundness, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they praised the God of Israel. Jesus called his disciples to him. "My... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 15:29-39

In this passage we see fully displayed the graciousness and the sheer kindness of Jesus Christ. We see him relieving every kind of human need. (i) We see him curing physical disability. The lame, the maimed, the blind and the dumb are laid at his feet and cured. Jesus is infinitely concerned with the bodily pain of the world; and those who bring men health and healing are still doing the work of Jesus Christ. (ii) We see him concerned for the tired. The people are tired and he wants to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 15:29

And Jesus departed from thence ,.... From the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, where he would have been private and retired; but being discovered, and knowing that the fame of this last miracle would make him more public in those parts, he removed, and passed through the midst of the coast of Decapolis, as Mark says, "and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee": the same with the sea of Tiberias. John 6:1 , that is, he came to those parts of Galilee, which lay near the sea side, and went into a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:29

Went up into a mountain - Το ορος , The mountain. "Meaning," says Wakefield, "some particular mountain which he was accustomed to frequent; for, whenever it is spoken of at a time when Jesus is in Galilee, it is always discriminated by the article. Compare Matthew 4:18 , with Matthew 5:1 ; and Matthew 13:54 , with Matthew 14:23 ; and Matthew 28:16 . I suppose it was mount Tabor." read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:29

Verse 29 Matthew 15:29.And Jesus departing thence. Though it is unquestionably the same journey of Christ, on his return from the neighborhood of Sidon, that is related by Matthew and by Mark, yet in some points they do not quite agree. It is of little moment that the one says he came to the borders of Magdala, and the other, that he came to the coasts of Dalmanutha; for the cities were adjacent, being situated on the lake of Gennesareth, and we need not wonder that the district which lay... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:29

From thence . From the borders of Tyre and Sidon. We learn from St. Mark that Jesus, making a considerable circuit, traversed the territory of the ten free cities called Decapolis, situated chiefly on the east and south of the Sea of Galilee. A mountain ( τὸ ὄρος ); the mountain (as Matthew 14:23 ). The range of hills by which the lake is bounded on the east and northeast. No particular hill seems to be indicated. Sat down there. Rested awhile after his journeyings and labours. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:29-31

The healing ministry. After his retirement to the north, Jesus seems to have returned for a short time to the scenes of his earlier labours in Galilee. His open public ministry had almost ceased, and his miracles were now for the most part rare, and only performed in response to some special appeal. But we have here one last occasion of widespread healing, crowning the public beneficence of Christ's earthly life. I. OUR LORD 'S PURPOSE . He went up the well known mountain where he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:29-31

The power of Christ. In this narrative there is no word of Christ recorded; yet the scene is full of animation. It is the animation of power . We have in it— I. CHRIST IN THE POWER OF HIS ATTRACTION . 1 . He sat upon the mountain. (17 Possibly Tabor. "The mountain," meaning some particular mountain which he was accustomed to frequent; for whenever it is spoken of at a time when Jesus is in Galilee, it is always distinguished by the article (cf. Matthew 4:18 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:29-39

Healing of the sick, and feeding of the four thousand. read more

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