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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-

4 and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let
him die the death.

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother,
It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
8 This people-

9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men.

10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear,
and understand:

17-goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adul-
teries, fornications, thefts-blasphemies:

MARK Vii. part of ver. 5, 6. ver. 9. and part of ver. 10. 13. 17, 18.
5-Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition
of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen bands?

6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophe-
sied of you hypocrites-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 tradition

17-his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

18 And he saith-are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever

Capernaum

SECTION X.

Christ heals the Daughter of the Canaanite or Syro-phe

nician woman 15

MATT. XV. 21-28. MARK Vii. 24-30.

Mat. xv. 21.
Then Jesus
Mark vii.24. arose, and

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 woman" 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

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Tyre.

Mat. xv. 21. went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Tyre.

22.

Sidon.
And

Mark vii.24. entered into an house, and would have no man know it; but he could not be hid.

25.

For

Mat. xv. 22. behold, a woman of Canaan,

Mark vii.35. whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and

Mat. xv. 22. 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.

23.

24.

25.

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth after us.

But he answered, and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Then came she

Mark vii.25. and fell at his feet,

Mat. xv. 25. and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

Mark vii.26.

Mat. xv. 26.

The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

But he answered and said,

Mark vii.27. unto her, Let the children first be filled;

for

Mat. xv. 26. It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it

to dogs 16.

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. 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.

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 merchandize.

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 circumcident (servos) illos? quia dicitur: omnes viros domus suæ, et natum domus circumcidit-cur autem circumcidit illos? propter purificationem, ne contaminarent doQuicunque enim comedit minum suum cibo, ac potu suo. cum præputiato; is veluti cum cane edit. Uti canis non est circumcisus, sic et præpuitatus 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 by Vorstius. As the Hebrew original is not in my possession, I cannot account for the variation; but my copy of

Mat. xv. 27.

Mat. xv. 28.

And she said, Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the Tyre. crumbs which fall from their master's table.

Mark vii.28. the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. Then Jesus answered, and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith:

Mark vii.29. And he said unto her, For this saying,

Mat. xv. 28. be it unto thee even as thou wilt.

Mark vii.29. go thy way: the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
Mat. xv. 28. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
And when she was come to her house, she found the
devil gone out; and her daughter laid upon the bed.

Mark vii.30.

Mark vii.31.

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:

27 But Jesus said unto her-for it is not meet to take the children's bread, 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.
MATT. XV. 29-31. MARK vii. 81. to the end.
And again

Matt.xv.29. Jesus

Mark vii.31. departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

32.

83.

34.

35.

36.

37.

30.

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech: and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

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 said 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.

Mat.xv. 29. and he went up, into a mountain, and sat down there,
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them
those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many

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.

Decapolis.

Mat. xv. 30. others, and cast them down at Jesus feet, and he healed Decapolis. them.

31.

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

SECTION XII.

Mark viii. 1.

2.

3.

Four thousand Men are fed miraculously.

MARK Viii. 1-9.

MATT. XV. 32. to the end.
In those days, the multitude being very great,
having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto
him, and saith unto them,

and On a mount by the sea of Galilee.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat : And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from far. Mat. xv. 33.

And his disciples say unto him,

Mark viii. 4. From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here

in the wilderness?

Mat. xv. 33. Whence should we have so much bread as to fill so great a multitude?

34.

35.

36.

And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?
And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the
ground.

And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Mark viii.6. to set before them: and they did set them before the people.

Mat. xv. 37.

38.

39.

And they did all eat, and were filled and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets full.

And they that did eat were about four thousand men, beside women and children.

And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, Markviii.10. straightway he entered into a ship, with his disciples, and

came

Mat. xv. 39. into the coasts of Magdala,
Markviii.10. into the parts of Dalmanutha.

MATT. XV. 32.

32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Matt. xvi. 1.

MARK viii. ver. 5. part of ver. 6. and ver. 7, 8, 9.

5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye ? said, Seven.

On a mount

And they by the sea

6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples

7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and com. manded to set them also before them.

8 So they did eat, and were filled and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.

9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

SECTION XIII.

The Pharisees require other Signs-Christ charges them
with hypocrisy.

MATT. xvi. 1-12. MARK Viii. 11-part of 22.

of Galilee.

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees, came tempting, Magdala. Markviii.11. began to question with him,

Matt. xvi.1. and desired that he would shew them a sign from heaven,
Markviii.11, tempting him.

Mat. xvi. 2.

3.

Markviii.12.

He answered, and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation,

Matt. xvi. 4. a wicked and adulterous generation

Markviii.12. seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given to this generation.

Matt.xvi. 4. but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

Markviii.13. and entering into the ship again, departed to the other side.

Mat. xvi. 5.

And when his disciples were come to the other side,
they had forgotten to take bread.

Markviii.14. neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Matt. xvi. 6, Then Jesus

Markviii.15. charged them,

Matt. xvi.6, and said unto them, Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the Sadducees,

Markviii.15. and of the leaven of Herod.

Matt. xvi. 7.

8.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

Markviii.17. perceive, ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

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