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**came** = come.
**scribes, &c.** = the scribes. Note the four parties addressed in this chapter: (1) scribes, &c. from Jerusalem, verses: [Matthew 15:1-9](../../../kjv/matthew/15/1-9) ; (2) the multitudes, verses: [Matthew 15:10](../../../kjv/matthew/15/10) , [Matthew 15:11](../../../kjv/matthew/15/11) ; (3) the disciples, verses: [Matthew 15:12-14](../../../kjv/matthew/15/12-14) ; (4) Peter, verses: [Matthew 15:15-20](../../../kjv/matthew/15/15-20) .
**Pharisees.** See App-120 . of = away from. Greek. *apo.*
**Jerusalem.** The seat of authority in these matters.

**transgress.** Greek. *parabaino.* App-128 .
**the elders.** Greek. *presbuteroi.* Always used in the Papyri officially, not of age (old men), but of communal officers and heathen priests.
**wash not.** To wash before eating is still a rigorous custom in Palestine. See App-136 .
**bread.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), App-6 , for all kinds of food.

**ye. Emphatic.** Note the Figure of speech *Anteisagoge.*
**also.** Connect "also" with "ye", not with "transgress".
**by** = on account of. Greek. *dia.*

**commanded.** Quoted from [Exodus 20:12](../../../kjv/exodus/20/12) ; [Exodus 20:21](../../../kjv/exodus/20/21) .[Exodus 20:17](../../../kjv/exodus/20/17) . App-117 .
**let him die the death** = he shall surely die. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* See [Exodus 21:17](../../../kjv/exodus/21/17) . [Leviticus 20:9](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/9) . [Deuteronomy 5:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/16) ; [Deuteronomy 27:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/27/16) . [Proverbs 30:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/17) .

**It is.** Supply ("Be that"] instead of "It is".
**a gift** = dedicated to God.
**thou:** i.e. the parent.
**profited** = helped.
**by** = of. Greek. *ek.*
**me:** i.e. the son.

**And** = And [in consequence of this evasion]. not = you certainly do not. Greek. *ou me =* by no means, in no wise.
**he shall be free.** There is no *Ellipsis* here if it be supplied as in [Matthew 15:8](../../../kjv/matthew/15/8) .

**Esaias** = Isaiah. See App-79 .
**of** = concerning. Greek. *peri.*

**This people.** Quoted from [Isaiah 29:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/29/13) . See App-107 and App-117 .
**is far** = keepeth far distant.
**from** = away from. Greek. *apo* . App-104 .

**teaching for doctrines.** Greek teaching teachings. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.*

**called** = called to [Him].
**the multitude.** See note on "scribes", [Matthew 15:1](../../../kjv/matthew/15/1) .

**into.** Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**a** = the.
**out of.** Greek. *ek.*

**His disciples.** See note on "scribes", [Matthew 15:1](../../../kjv/matthew/15/1) .
**offended** = stumbled.
**saying.** Greek. *logos.* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .

**Every plant.** Implying the scribes, &c, by the Figure of speech *Hypocatastaais.* See note on "dogs", [Matthew 15:26](../../../kjv/matthew/15/26) , and on "leaven" ([Matthew 16:6](../../../kjv/matthew/16/6) ).
**plant.** Greek. *phuteia.* Occurs only here.
**heavenly.** Greek. *ouranios.* See note on [Matthew 6:14](../../../kjv/matthew/6/14) .

**they be, &c.** Figure of speech *Paroemia.* App-6 .
**if, &c.:** i.e. experience will show it. App-118 .

**Peter.** See note on "scribes", &c, [Matthew 15:1](../../../kjv/matthew/15/1) .
**Declare** = Expound. See note on [Matthew 13:36](../../../kjv/matthew/13/36) .

**yet** = still. Greek. *akmen.* Occurs only here.

**in at** = into. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**draught** = sewer, or sink. Greek. *aphedron,* a Macedonian word.

**But those, &c.** Figure of speech *Epimone, verses:* 18-20.
**from** = out of. Greek. *ek,* as in preceding clause,

**evil.** Greek. *poneros.* App-128 .
**thoughts** = reasonings.
**false witness.** Greek. *pseudomarturia.* Occurs only in Matthew (here, and [Matthew 26:59](../../../kjv/matthew/26/59) ).

**out of** = from. Greek. *apo.*
**the same** = those.
**coasts** = borders.
**Have mercy** = Pity
**Son Of David.** The fourth of nine occurrences of this title ( App-98 ). The woman (a "dog" of the Gentiles) had no claim on the "Son of David". Hence the silence of the Lord.
**grievously** = miserably.
**vexed with a devil** = possessed by a demon; Greek. *daimonizomai.*

**But, &c.** Because a Gentile had no claim on the Son of David. Figure of speech *Accismus.* App-6 .

**worshipped Him** = threw herself at His feet [and remained there]. Imperfect tense. Compare [John 9:38](../../../kjv/john/9/38) . See App-137 .
**Lord, help me.** This was a better plea, but there was no definition of the "me", as with the publican: "me, a sinner" ([Luke 18:13](../../../kjv/luke/18/13) ).

**meet** = fair.
**the children's bread** = the bread of the children, with emphasis on children. Figure of speech *Enallage.* App-6 .
**children's.** See App-108 .
**dogs** = puppies, or little household dogs; this is true only of such. Dogs are not cared for (in the East) when grown. The Lord used the Figure of speech *Hypocatastasis* ( App-6 ), implying that she was only a Gentile, and thus had still no claim even on that ground. Gentiles were known as "dogs" by the Jews, and despised as such ([Matthew 7:6](../../../kjv/matthew/7/6) ; [1 Samuel 17:43](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/43) . 2Sa 3:8 ; [2 Samuel 9:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/8) . [2 Kings 8:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/13) .[Philippians 1:3](../../../kjv/philippians/1/3) , [Philippians 1:2](../../../kjv/philippians/1/2) ).

**Truth** = Yea.
**yet** = for even: assenting to the Lord's words, while using them as an additional ground of her plea.
**crumbs** = scraps.

**answered and said** = exclaimed and said. A Hebraism. See note on [Deuteronomy 1:41](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/41) .
**O woman.** Figure of speech *Ecphonesis.*
**great is thy faith.** Contrast the disciples ([Matthew 16:8](../../../kjv/matthew/16/8) ), where the same Figure of speech *Hypocatastasis* ( App-6 ), is used, and ought to have been understood.

**nigh unto** = beside. Greek. *para.* App-104 .
**a** = the, as in [Matthew 14:23](../../../kjv/matthew/14/23) .
**sat down** = was sitting down.

**others** = differently affected. Greek. *heteros.* App-124 .
**at** = beside. Greek. *para* .

**to speak** = speaking.
**to be whole** = sound.
**to walk** = walking.
**to see** = seeing.
**the God of Israel.** See [Isaiah 29:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/29/23) .

**called** = called to [Him].
**on** = upon. Greek. *epi.*
**now** = already.
**three days** = the third day. Observe, not "and nights". See note on [Matthew 12:40](../../../kjv/matthew/12/40) , and App-144 and App-156 .
**nothing** = not anything.
**I will not** = I am not willing. See App-102 .

**we.** Emphatic, as are the words which follow.
**the wilderness** = a desert place. These are emphatic also, in addition to "we".
**fill** = satisfy.

**I am, &c.** = I was.
**but** = except.
**unto** = to. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**lost.** Because being without a shepherd. But see note on [1 Kings 12:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/17) .
**the house of Israel.** Therefore it was still represented by those in the Land. See note on and compare [Acts 2:14](../../../kjv/acts/2/14) , [Acts 2:22](../../../kjv/acts/2/22) , [Acts 2:36](../../../kjv/acts/2/36) .

**sit down** = recline.

**brake.** See note on [Matthew 14:19](../../../kjv/matthew/14/19) .
**to** = [gave] to. Supplying the Ellipsis from the preceding clause.

**broken meat** = fragments, or crumbs.
**baskets** = large baskets. Greek. *spuris.* Compare [Matthew 14:20](../../../kjv/matthew/14/20) . [Acts 9:25](../../../kjv/acts/9/25) . Our modern clothes-basket.

**took ship** = entered into Greek. *eis.* the ship (mentioned above, in [Matthew 14:22](../../../kjv/matthew/14/22) , &c).
**Magdala.** See App-169 .

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