Matthew 15:21

Matthew 15:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
• New International Version (NIV)Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

Context of Matthew 15:21

19For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slander. 20These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.” When Jesus left there, he withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon. 22Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely tormented by a demon.” 23Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples approached him and urged him, “Send her away because she’s crying out after us.”

Matthew 15:21 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenκαίkai · andG2532
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• wentἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• thenceἐκεῖθενekeithen · from thereG1564
• and departedἀναχωρέωanachōreō · to leaveG402
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the coastsμέροςmeros · partG3313
• of TyreΤύροςTuros · TyreG5184
• SidonΣιδώνSidōn · SidonG4605

Cross-references for Matthew 15:21

• Mark 7:24He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice.
• Matthew 10:5Jesus sent out these twelve after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.
• Matthew 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago.
• Genesis 49:13Zebulun will live by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships, and his territory will be next to Sidon.
• Joshua 11:8The Lord handed them over to Israel, and they struck them down, pursuing them as far as greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and to the east as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
• Joshua 13:6all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians. I will drive them out before the Israelites, only distribute the land as an inheritance for Israel, as I have commanded you.
• Joshua 19:28Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as greater Sidon.
• Judges 1:31Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco or of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.

Commentaries on Matthew 15:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon - , 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 The dark corners of the country, the most remote, shall share Christ's influences; afterwards the ends of the earth shall see his salvation. The distress and trouble of her family brought a woman to Christ; and though it is need that drives us to Christ, yet we shall not therefore be driven from him. She did not limit Christ to any particular instance of mercy, but mercy, mercy, is what she begged for: she pleads not merit, but depends upon…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-28This encounter brings up another debated issue. It is about whether Gentiles (non-Jews) can share in the kingdom of the Messiah (see Matthew 8:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 15:21

• Faith
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sidon
• Syro-Phoenician
• Tyre

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Commentaries on Matthew 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings