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Mat_15:29 ff. Παρὰ τὴν θάλ . τ . Γαλ .] according to Mar_7:31, the eastern shore.
τὸ ὄρος ] the mountain just at hand. See notes on Mat_5:1, Mat_14:22.
κυλλούς ] deformed, lame, without specifying further; but the word is used not merely with reference to the hands or arms (comp. as evidence to the contrary, the well-known nickname of Vulcan: κυλλοποδίων , Hom. Il. xviii. 371, xxi. 331), but also to the feet.
ἔῤῥιψαν ] The flinging down is to be taken, not as indicating the careless confidence (Fritzsche, de Wette, Bleek), but rather the haste of the people, in consequence of so many sick being brought to Jesus. Comp. Er. Schmid, Bengel. The reference to the helplessness of the sick (Baumgarten-Crusius) would be suited only to the case of the χωλοί and κυλλοί .
παρὰ τ . πόδας ] for as προσκυνοῦντες it behoved them to prostrate themselves before Him.
Mat_15:31. τὸν θεὸν Ἰσρ .] who shows His care for His people by communicating to them, through Jesus, such extraordinary blessings. Ἰσρ . is added in the consciousness of the advantages they possessed over the neighbouring Gentiles.