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Matthew 15 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus confronts tradition versus commandment, commends a Canaanite woman's faith, and feeds four thousand. Below is a research summary for Matthew 15, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 39
- verses
- 609 / 219
- Greek words / lemmas
- 24
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Matthew 15 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὄχλος | óchlos | G3793 | 8 | company, multitude, number, people |
| κοινόω | koinóō | G2840 | 5 | call common, defile, pollute, unclean |
| ἀποκρίνομαι | apokrínomai | G611 | 7 | answer |
| μαθητής | mathētḗs | G3101 | 7 | disciple |
| ἐσθίω | esthíō | G2068 | 6 | devour, eat, live |
| τυφλός | typhlós | G5185 | 5 | blind |
| ἄρτος | ártos | G740 | 5 | bread, loaf |
How preachers through history handled this text
24 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Whatever our case is, the only way to find ease and relief, is to lay it at Christ's feet, to submit it to him, and refer it to his disposal. Those who would have spiritual healing from Christ, must be ruled as he pleases. See what work sin has made; what various diseases human bodies are subject to. Here were such diseases as fancy could neither guess the cause nor the cure of, yet these were subject to the command of Christ. The spiritual cures that Christ works are wonderful. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 15:29–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Matt 15:1
- Galilee 1— Matt 15:21
- Sidon— Matt 15:21
- Tyre— Matt 15:21
- Canaan— Matt 15:22
- Sea of Galilee— Matt 15:29
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