Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 15:21
Jesus . . . departed into the coasts. Compare Mark 7:24-30.
Tyre and Sidon. Tyre and Sidon were the two principal cities of
Phoenicia, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Tyre was about twenty
miles south of Sidon, and about one hundred miles in a straight line
northwest of Jerusalem. In the days of David and Solomon, Tyre was the
leading seaport of the world. It was afterwards taken by the
Babylonians, the Persians, and Alexander, but up to the time of Christ
it remained a great commercial city. Since then its harbor has been
filled with sand, and there remains only a wretched shadow of its
former greatness. Both were Gentile cities in a Gentile country. That
is the only instance in the Lord's ministry when he went beyond the
bounds of Palestine.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 15:11
Matthew 15:21
Mark 7:24
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