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Mat_15:15. Ὁ Πέτρος ] differs, though not materially, from Mar_7:17.
παραβολή ] in this instance îÈùÑÈì , a saying embodied in some figurative representation, an apophthegm. Etym. M.: αἰνιγματώδης λόγος , ὃ πολλοὶ λέγουσι ζήτημα , ἐμφαῖνον μέν τι , οὐκ αὐτόθεν δὲ πάντως δῆλον ὃ ἀπὸ τῶν ῥημάτων , ἀλλʼ ἔχον ἐντὸς διάνοιαν κεκρυμμένην . Comp. note on Mat_13:3; φράσον , as in Mat_13:36.
ταύτην ] It was the saying of Mat_15:11 that was present to Peter’s mind as having giving occasion to the words that had just fallen from Jesus. It is just that same λόγος which, according to Mat_15:12, had given offence to the Pharisees. But the explanation of it which is now furnished by Jesus is of such a nature as to be by no means self-evident.