Mark vii. 12. Matt. xv. 6. Mark vii. 13. Matt. xv. 7. Mark vii. 6. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his Capernaum. father or his mother; Thus have ye made the commandment of God of which ye have delivered: and many such like Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, as it is written, *This people Matt. xv. 8. draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Mark vii. 7. Mark vii. S. Mark vii. 14. Mark vii. 15. Matt. xv. 11. Mark vii. 16. Mark vii. 17. Matt. xv. 12. Matt. xv. 13. Matt, xv. 14. Matt. xv. 15. Matt. xv. 16. Howbeit, in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups and many other such like things ye do. And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand : There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was entered into the house from the people, Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? x Isa, xxix. 13. But he answered, and said, "Every plant, y John xv. 2. which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the z Luke vi. 39. blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. a Then answered Peter, and said unto him, De- a Matt. vii. 17. clare unto us this parable. And Jesus said, Mark vii. 18. unto them, Matt. xv. 16. Are ye also yet without understanding? Matt. xv. 17. Do ye not yet understand, that whatsoever Capernaum. thing from without entereth into the man, b Gen. vi. 5. and viii. 21. * Gr. covetousnesses, at the mouth, it cannot defile him; Mark vii. 18. Matt. xv. 17. Mark vii. 18. Because it entereth not into his heart, but into Mark vii. 19. the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? And he said, That which cometh out of the Mark vii. 20. man, that defileth the man. Mark vii. 21. For those things which proceed out of the mouth Matt. xv. 18. come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. b For Matt. xv. 19. from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil Mark vii. 21. thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, false witness, Mark vii. 22. Matt. xv. 19. covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, Mark vii. 22. wickednesses. an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : c Mark vii. 1. d Ex. xxi. 17. Lev. xx. 9. Prov, xx. 20. All these evil things come from within, and de- Mark vii. 23. file the man. These are the things that defile a man: but to Matt. xv. 20. eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. MATT. XV. part of ver. 1. 4. ver. 5. part of ver. 8. ver. 9, 10. and part of ver. 17. 19. 1 Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem d 4 and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. e e Mark vii. 11, 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, 12. by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; f Is. xxix. 13. g Mark vii. 14. h Gen. vi. 5 & viii. 21. 8 This people 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 10 g And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand; 17 goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 19h For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts-blasphemies. 5 MARK vii. part of ver. 5, 6. ver. 9. and part of ver. 10. 13. 17, 18. Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? 6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hy pocrites-honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition17 his disciples asked him concerning the parable. 18 And he saith-Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever Matt. xv. 21. went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre Matt. xv. 22. Mark vii. 24. Mark vii. 25. and Sidon. And entered into an house, and would have no man For Matt. xv. 22. behold, a woman of Canaan, Mark vii. 25. whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and Matt, xv. 22. Matt. xv. 23. man came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 15 Bishop Horsley and Dr. Jortin have written sermons on the subject of the Syrophenician woman; in both of which there is a remarkable coincidence in plan and expression. Both have insisted, with great effect, on the nation of the woman; on the manner in which Christ performed his first miracle on one who was not a Jew; which was so ordained by the providence of God, that this wo"became one of the first Pagan proselytes, and the mystery of the calling and the conversion of the Gentiles began in her to be gloriously unfolded; on the humility of the suppliant, and her acknowledgment of the wisdom of God in selecting the Jews to be his own people, while she retained her hope of mercy as a creature of God; and on the absurdity of judging of the truth of past events by the test of the experience of the present age; both agreeing in the probability of the opinion expressed in a former note, that the power of evil spirits, in the time of our Lord, was permitted to be more visibly displayed than in our own age. For the more particular explanation, therefore, of this narrative, and especially for the view which Bishop Horsley has given of the peculiar propriety of our Lord's conduct in making the manner in which he complied with the request of the Greek idolatress, a type of the mode in which the Gentiles should be received, see Jortin's Works, 8vo. London, 1810, vol. ix. p. 239, &c. &c. ; and Horsley's Sermons, vol. iii. p. 134, and particularly p. 158, 9, and 164. Tyre. Tyre. i Ch. x. 6. *Or, Gentile. But he answered, and said, I am not sent but Matt. xv. 24. unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and fell at his feet, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. Matt. xv. 25. Mark vii. 25. Matt. xv. 25. The woman was a * Greek, a Syrophenician by Mark vii. 26. nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But he answered and said, unto her, Let the children first be filled: for Matt. xv. 26. Mark vii. 27. It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to Matt. xv. 26. cast it to dogs 16 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of Matt. xv. 27. the crumbs which fall from their master's table; the dogs under the table eat of the children's Mark vii. 28. crumbs. Then Jesus answered, and said unto her, O wo- Matt. xv. 28. man, great is thy faith: And he said unto her, For this saying, be it unto thee even as thou wilt: Mark vii, 29. Matt. xv. 28. go thy way: the devil is gone out of thy daughter. Mark vii. 29. And her daughter was made whole from that very Matt. xv. 28. hour. And when she was come to her house, she found Mark vii. 30. the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. MARK vii. part of ver. 24, 25. 27, 28. 24 And from thence he went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and— 25 -a certain woman-came and fell at his feet: 16 The Jews considered every nation but their own as dogs, and on that account refused to share in their hospitality, or to have any intercourse with them, except that which had reference to merchandise. R. Pirke Eliezer gives an illustration of this passage. In his twenty-ninth chapter he discusses the eighth temptation of Abraham, Gen. xvii. 1. He endeavours to prove that Abraham circumcised his servants, and proceeds thus: Unde autem (probas) quod circumciderit (servos) illos? quia dicitur: omnes viros domus suæ, et natum domus circumcidit—cur autem circumcidit illos ? propter purificationem, ne contaminarent dominum suum cibo, ac potu suo. Quicunque enim comedit cum præputiato, is veluti cum cane edit. Uti canis non est circumcisus, sic et præputiatus non est circumcisus. Quisquis accedit ad præputiatum, is veluti mortuum contrectat, &c. &c.-Vorstius's translation of R. Pirke Eliezer, p. 66. I ought to observe here, that Schoetgen, who refers in his notes on Apoc. xxii. 15, to this chapter of Pirke Eliezer, quotes a part of it differently from any which is to be found in the translation of Vorstius. As the Hebrew original is not in my possession, I cannot account for the variation; but my copy of the Latin translation by Vorstius is corrected in various places from the Hebrew original, by a learned Rabbi, and can, I think, be depended upon. 27 But Jesus said unto her—for it is not meet to take the children's bread, Tyre. and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord; yet SECTION XI. Christ goes through Decapolis, healing and teaching. Mark vii. 31. Matt. xv. 29. Mark vii. 32, Mark vii. 33. Mark vii. 34. Mark vii, 35. Mark vii. 36. Mark vii. 37. And again Jesus departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, came And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak: Matt. xv. 29. and he went up into a mountain, and sat down there, Matt. xv. 30. Matt. xv. 31. Decapolis. 6. And great multitudes came unto him, having k Is. xxxv. 5, with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. MATT. XV. part of ver. 29. 29 And-departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee |