Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 15]
15:28 {As thou wilt} (\h•s theleis\). Her great faith and her
keen rejoinder won her case.
15:29 {And sat there} (\ekath•to ekei\). "Was sitting there" on
the mountain side near the sea of Galilee, possibly to rest and
to enjoy the view or more likely to teach.
15:30 {And they cast them down at his feet} (\kai eripsan autous
para tous podas autou\). A very strong word, flung them down,
"not carelessly, but in haste, because so many were coming on the
same errand" (Vincent). It was a great day for "they glorified
the God of Israel."
15:32 {Three days} (\h•merai treis\). A parenthetic nominative
(Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 460). {What to eat} (\ti phag•sin\).
Indirect question with the deliberative subjunctive retained. In
the feeding of the five thousand Jesus took compassion on the
people and healed their sick (14:14). Here the hunger of the
multitude moves him to compassion (\splagchnizomai\, in both
instances). So he is unwilling (\ou thel•\) to send them away
hungry. {Faint} (\ekluth•sin\). Unloosed, (\eklu•\) exhausted.
15:33 {And the disciples say to him} (\kai legousin aut•i hoi
math•tai\). It seems strange that they should so soon have
forgotten the feeding of the five thousand (Mt 14:13-21), but
they did. Soon Jesus will remind them of both these
demonstrations of his power (16:9,10). They forgot both of
them, not just one. Some scholars scout the idea of two miracles
so similar as the feeding of the five thousand and the four
thousand, though both are narrated in detail by both Mark and
Matthew and both are later mentioned by Jesus. Jesus repeated his
sayings and wrought multitudes of healings. There is no reason in
itself why Jesus should not on occasion repeat a nature miracle
like this elsewhere. He is in the region of Decapolis, not in the
country of Philip (\Trachonitis\).
15:34 {A few small fishes} (\oliga ichthudia\, diminutive again).
15:35 {On the ground} (\epi t•n g•n\). No mention of "grass" as
in 14:19 for this time, midsummer, the grass would be parched
and gone.
15:36 {Gave thanks} (\eucharist•sas\). In 14:19 the word used
for "grace" or "blessing" is \eulog•sen\. Vincent notes that the
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