24—32. ΕΥΑΓΙΕΛΙΟΝ Χορτασθῆναι τὰ τέκνα: οὐ γὰρ καλόν ἐστι] λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων, καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς ᾿κυναρίοις. 1 28. Ἡ δὲ ἀπεκρίθη καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, “Nat, κύριε: καὶ yap? τὰ κυνάρια ὑποκάτω τῆς τραπέζης ἐσθίει } ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν παιδίων. 29. Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, “Ara τοῦτον τὸν λόγον, ὕπαγε- ἐξελήλυθε τὸ δαιµόνιον ἐκ τῆς θυγατρός σου. 43ο. Καὶ ἀπελθοῦσα εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς, εὗρε τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐξεληλυθός, καὶ τὴν θυγατέρα βεβλημένην ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης.5
31. ΚΑΙ πάλιν ἐξελθὼν ἐκ τῶν ὁρίων Τύρου καὶ ὃ Σιδῶνος, ἦλθε πρὸς ὃ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ava µέσον τῶν ὁρίων Δεκαπόλεως.
32. καὶ φέρουσιν αὐτῷ κωφὸν µογιλάλον,; καὶ παρακαλοῦσιν αὐτὸν
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1 εστι καλον in SBDLA and βαλειν after τοις κυν. in NB.
2 yap omitted in NBD 33.
It comes from Mt.
3 eo Ore. a grammatical correction for εσθιουσιν in BDLA ai.
* NBLA have ro Sau. after ex της Avy. σον.
5 S9BLA invert the order of the facts, ro Sau. εξελ. at the end. The order in T.R. is due to the feeling that it was more natural: cure first, quiet resting in bed
following. For +. θυγ. βεβληµενην SBLA 33 have ro παιδιον βεβληµενον (Tisch.,
W.H.). 6 ηλθε δια Σιδωνος εις in NBDLA.
We note also that Mk., usually so full in his narratives compared with Mt., omits the intercession oftheT welve with Christ’s reply (Mt. vv. 23,24). Yet Mk.’s, “first the children,” is really equivalent to “1 am not sent,” etc. The former implies: ‘‘ your turn will come”; the latter: ‘‘to minister to you is not my vocation”. This word, preserved in Mt., becomes less harsh when looked at in the light of Christ’s desire for quiet, not mentioned in Mt. Jesus made the most of the fact that His commission was to Jews. It has been thought that, in comparison with Mt., Mk.’s report of Christ’s words is secondary, adapted purposely to Gentile readers. Probably that is the case, but, on the other hand, he gives us a far clearer view of the extent and aim of the excursion to the North, concerning which Mt. has, and gives, no adequate conception.—Ver. 28. ἀπεκρίθη, aorist, hithertoimperfect. Wecome now to what Mk. deems the main point of the story, the woman’s striking word.— moxdrte τ. τραπ., the dogs under the table, waiting for morsels, a realistic touch.—rov Ψιχίων τ. π., not merely the crumbs which by chance fall from the table, but morsels surreptitiously dropt by the chil- dren(‘‘qui panem saepe prodigunt,” Beng.) to their pets. Household dogs, part of the family, loved by the children; hard and fast line of separation impossible.— Ver. 29. διὰ τ. τ. λόγον, for this word,
7 SSBDA have και before μογιλαλον.
which showed the quick wit of the faith, which Mt. specifies as the reason of the exception made in her favour.—Ver. 30. BeBAnpévov: the emphasis lies on this word rather than on παιδίον (Bengel), as expressing the condition in which the mother found her daughter : lying quzetly (‘‘in lecto molliter cubantem sine ulla jactatione,” Grotius).
It is probable that this interesting in- cident cannot be fully understood without taking into consideration circumstances not mentioned in the narratives, and which, therefore, it does not fall to the expositor to refer to. On this vide my book, With Open Face, chap. vii.
Vv. 31-37. Cure of a deaf-mute, peculiar to Mk. Mt. has, instead, a renewal of the healing ministry on an extensive scale, the thing Jesus desired to avoid (xv. 29-31).—-Ver. 31. After the instructive episode Jesus continued His journey, going northwards through (διὰ, vide critical notes) Sidon, then making a circuit so as to arrive through Decapolis at the Sea of Galilee. The route is not more definitely indicated ; perhaps it was along the highway over the Lebanon range to Damascus; it may conceiv- ably have touched that ancient city, which, according to Pliny (H. N., v., 16), was included in Decapolis (vide Holtz., H. C., and Schirer, Div., ii., vol. i., p. 95).—Ver. 32. µογιλάλον, speaking with difficulty; but here for