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Desiring (ἐπιθυμῶν)
Eagerly, and not receiving what he desired. The same thing is implied in the story of the prodigal, where the same word is used, “he would fain have been filled” (Luk 15:16), but the pods did not satisfy his hunger.
The crumbs that fell (τῶν πιπτόντων)
Lit., the things falling. The best texts omit ψιχίων, crumbs.
Moreover (ἀλλὰ καὶ)
Lit., but even. “But (instead of finding compassion), even the dogs,” etc.
Licked (ἐπέλειχον)
Only here in New Testament. Cyril, cited by Hobart, says: “The only attention, and, so to speak, medical dressing, which his sores received, was from the dogs who came and licked them.”