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An Exegesis
by
Peter Percy (with Paul Burgess)
February 2009
Mat. 15:21-28 The TEXT
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre
and Sidon. A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came
to him, crying out, “ Lord Son of David have mercy on
me. My daughter is suffering terribly from demon
possession.” Jesus did not answer a word, so his
disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away,
for she keeps crying out after us. He answered, “I was
sent only to the last sheep of Israel.” The woman came
and knelt before him. “Lord, help me,” she said. He
replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and
toss it to their dogs.” “Yes, Lord,” she said, “but even the
dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
Then Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith.
Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed
form that very hour.
The UNITS of THOUGHT
Leaving that place,
Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him,
crying out, “ Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me.
My daughter is suffering terribly from demon possession.”
Jesus did not answer a word,
so his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away,
for she keeps crying out after us.
He answered, “I was sent only to the last sheep of Israel.”
The woman came and knelt before him.
“Lord, help me,” she said.
He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread
and toss it to their dogs.”
“Yes, Lord,” she said,
“but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
Then Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith.
Your request is granted.”
And her daughter was healed form that very hour.
The STRUCTURE
Leaving that place,
Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
A Canaanite woman from that vicinity
came to him,
crying out, “ Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me.
My daughter is suffering terribly
from demon possession.”
Jesus did not answer a word,
so his disciples came to him
and urged him, “Send her away,
for she keeps crying out after us.”
He answered, “I was sent only to the last sheep of Israel.”
The woman came and knelt before him.
she said. “Lord, help me,”
He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread
and toss it to their dogs.”
she said, “Yes, Lord,”
“but even the dogs eat the crumbs
that fall from their master’s table.”
Then Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith.
Your request is granted.”
And her daughter was healed form that very hour.
The CONTENT
Ask yourself:
Does the pasage have any dominating theme?
Where does the emphasis fall?
The Over-All SUBJECT
Suggestions Rating
Perseverance? **
Faith? *
Faith of an outsider? **
Genuine faith? **
Testing genuine faith? ****
Persevering faith? ***
Faith rewarded? *
The Over-All Subject
Testing
genuine faith
Teaching on O/A Subject:
Testing genuine faith
A.
(O/A subject: Testing genuine faith)
Test outsiders;
don’t just dismiss them!
The Heart-beat
(core message) of the passage
– two suggestions:
B.
(O/A subject: Persevering faith)