Matthew 15:26-28 NIV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:27

Verse 27 27.Certainly, Lord. The woman’s reply showed that she was not hurried along by a blind or thoughtless impulse to offer a flat contradiction (420) to what Christ had said. As God preferred the Jews to other nations, she does not dispute with them the honor of adoption, and declares, that she has no objection whatever that Christ should satisfy them according to the order which God had prescribed. She only asks that some crumbs — falling, as it were, accidentally — should come within the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:28

Verse 28 28.Great is thy faith. He first applauds the woman’s faith, and next declares, that on account of her faith he grants her prayer. The greatness of her faith appeared chiefly in this respect, that by the aid of nothing more than a feeble spark of doctrine, she not only recognized the actual office of Christ, and ascribed to him heavenly power, but pursued her course steadily through formidable opposition; suffered herself to be annihilated, provided that she held by her conviction that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

Healing of the daughter of the Canaanitish woman. ( Mark 7:24-30 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

Departure from the Holy Land. I. THE JOURNEY NORTHWARDS . 1 . The Lord leaves Galilee. He had been teaching there long, perhaps for two years. At first there had been a time of dazzling popularity. The strange dignity of his personality, the Divine authority of his words, the singular originality of his teaching, the pure holiness of his perfect life, his many deeds of love and mercy and power, had drawn multitudes around him. The world was going after him, the Pharisees said;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

The triumph of a mother's love. Jesus was beyond the borders of Palestine, on heathen soil. He had not extended his travels in order to carry his ministry to the heathen; but he was in retirement. He had left Galilee because the Galilaeans were in a restless state—many of them perplexed by his teaching and turning from him, and also because the official teachers were seriously impeding his work. After this our Lord never resumed his old open ministry by the seashore and on the hillside. Yet... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

The Syro-Phoenician woman. The peculiarity of the incident here related is not the cure wrought, but the refusal with which the mother's petition was at first met. It did not need a sympathy such as our Lord's to urge him to dismiss this foul intrusion into the innocent and happy days of childhood; it did not need his hatred of evil to urge him to rebuke the Satanic malice, which could exult in attacking, not the aged sinner, but the pure child who knew nothing of the sources of disease and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

Great faith. So the faith of the Syro-Phoenician woman is described by the Lord. The elements of that great faith are evident in the narrative. I. GREAT FAITH IS CLEAR SIGHTED . 1 . In the discernment of evil. 2 . In the discernment of the cure. II. GREAT FAITH IS HUMBLE . 1 . In conduct. 2 . In temper. III. GREAT FAITH IS EARNEST . 1 . It will not miss an opportunity. 2 . Its heart is in its cause. IV. GREAT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:26

But he answered and said. At length Jesus spoke directly to her; but his words were rough in sound, still enforcing the previous repulse. It is not meet; οὐκ ἔστι καλόν : non est bonum (Vulgate). Another reading of less authority is oboe ἔξεστιν , "it is not lawful." The question is rather of fairness and expediency than of lawfulness. To take the children's bread. "The children" are the chosen people, "the children of the kingdom" ( Matthew 8:12 ), who held this high... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:27

And she said, Truth, Lord; or better, but she said, Yea, Lord (Revised Version). Christ's answer might have seemed the climax of rejection, and to have at once closed the matter forever. But her love for her daughter, and her growing faith in Jesus, overcame all seeming hindrances. With a woman's ready wit, quickened by urgency and affection, she seizes the opportunity, and turns Christ's own words against himself. Thou sayest truth, she means; the Jews are the children; we are the dogs;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:28

O woman, great is thy faith. Jesus had often to complain of unbelief in his hearers; at no man's faith did he ever express surprise, except in the case of another Gentile, the centurion of Capernaum ( Matthew 8:10 ). Be it unto thee even as thou wilt. She had conquered; she gained her wish. But we must not think that Christ consented because his human feelings were overcome by her importunity, like the unjust judge in the parable, though the principle and teaching of that parable were... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:28

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