Matthew 15:26
“But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
But he answered, and said,.... To the woman, as the Persic version reads it, and the sense requires:
it is not meet to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Matthew 15:21-28
This narrative is also found in Mar 7:24-30. The coasts of Tyre and Sidon - These cities were on the seacoast or shore…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Matthew 15:21-28
We have here that famous story of Christ's casting the devil out of the woman of Canaan's daughter; it has something in…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs The "children" are the Jews; the "dogs" are the Gentiles. This was…
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