John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 15:23 - 15:23

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 15:23 - 15:23


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Mat 15:23. Δὲ, but) It was fitting that this declaration, and as it were protestation of the unworthiness of the heathen, should precede the declaration of individual worthiness for which it prepared the way: nor did our Lord grant help so much to the prayers of the Canaanitess alone, as to those of the Canaanitess and the disciples together.-οὐκ ἀπεκρὶθη-λόγον, answered not-a word) Thus the LXX. in Isa 36:21; 1Ch 21:12.-ἀπόλυσον, dismiss) An instance of metonymy of the consequent for the antecedent: i.e. Help as you are wont, cf. Mat 15:24; for our Lord was not wont to dismiss those who called upon Him for aid without according it.-κράζει, cries out) We may suppose that the disciples feared the judgment of men, and made their petition to our Lord, both for their own sake, lest her crying out should produce annoyance, and for the sake of the woman herself.