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IVP New Testament Commentary Series – Pharisees and Canaanites (15:1-39)
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Matthew
THE REJECTED PROPHET (13:53-17:27)
Pharisees and Canaanites (15:1-39)
Pharisees and Canaanites (15:1-39)
- Moral Versus Ritual Cleanness (15:1-20)
- Judging Purely on the Basis of Tradition (15:1-2)
- Jesus Challenges Their Tradition as Unbiblical (15:3-11)
- Speaking Truth Can Alienate Influential Opponents (15:12-14)
- Jesus Demands a Pure Heart and Ethics, Not Mere Ritual (15:15-20)
- A Canaanite Woman's Faith (15:21-28)
- The Woman Will Not Take No for an Answer (15:21-25)
- Jesus' Mission Is Specifically for Israel (15:26)
- The Woman Shows Her Faith (15:27-28)
- Feeding the Four Thousand (15:29-39)
The educated religious elite of Jesus' day opposed him (vv. 1-20), his own disciples trusted but could not understand him (vv. 15-16), but a Canaanite woman recognized his identity as Son of David (vv. 21-28). Matthew again reminds the reader of what the religious elite would not guess: Jesus does another sign like Moses and Elisha (vv. 29-39).
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