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Mat 15:22. [693]Ἐξελθοῦσα, κ.τ.λ., having come forth, etc.) For Jesus did not enter the borders of the Canaanites.-ἐκραύγασεν, cried out) from a distance, from behind; cf. Mat 15:23; Mat 15:25.[694]-με, me) The affectionate mother had made her daughter’s misery her own; see Mat 15:25; Mat 15:28.-Υἱὲ Δαυὶδ, Son of David) Therefore the woman had heard of the Promise either long ago or lately.
[693] Χανανάια) of the posterity of Canaan.-V. g.
[694] That is, Mat 15:23, “She crieth after us,” shows she was in the rear, behind Him; Mat 15:25, “Then came she,” etc., shows she had previously been at a distance.-ED.