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May 9, 2023 · In the Gospels, why do the townspeople ask Jesus to leave after he cast the demon Legion out and into the pigs? In the aftermath of this miracle, the Gentile townspeople were so frightened by Jesus, they begged Him to leave the area as we see in all the Gospels.
May 5, 2015 · In other words, while Jesus didn’t destroy the demons he cast out, he brought the truth of the kingdom of God, and ultimately he sent the Holy Spirit, to occupy the place the demons had left so that they would never try to fill it again.
- Introduction
- The Setting
- Matthew 15:21-28
- Setting The Stage For Another Miraculous Feeding Matthew 15:29-31
- The Feeding of The 4,000 Matthew 15:32-39
- Conclusion
No doubt I need to begin with a definition, to explain the title of this message. It’s hard enough to spell hermeneutics, let alone define it. Essentially, hermeneutics refers to one’s method of interpreting the Scriptures. The best and the worst interpretations of our text were both that of a woman. The first – and the worst – is found in a book e...
Notice that the setting of the first paragraph of our text (Matthew 15:21-28) is Tyre and Sidon. Mark refers to it as the “region of Tyre” (Mark 7:24). Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast, approximately 35 miles North of Mount Carmel. It was an ancient city, one of the most well-known cities of Phoenicia. Another 20 miles or so north of Tyr...
21 After going out from there, Jesus went8to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!” 23 But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.” 24...
29 When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down. 30 Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them. 31 As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, t...
32 Then Jesus called the disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.” 33 The disciples said to him, “Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?” 3...
What are we meant to learn from this text? Most importantly, we see the beauty of our Lord Jesus Christ. We see His compassion and mercy, and His grace. Jesus is merciful to the Canaanite woman, while His disciples want Jesus to get rid of her. Jesus is moved with compassion at her need, and delighted with the faith she reveals. The disciples are i...
Matthew 22:13 refers to a place called the "outer darkness" when Jesus taught, "Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness.'" What is this outer darkness? Jesus' statement is in the context of the Parable of the Wedding Feast.
Jesus was, unless He withdrew, always crowded by crowds. Jesus withdrew often in order to rest, to be by Himself with His disciples or to pray. “When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.
The crowds were amazed, 15 but some of them said, “No wonder he can cast out demons. He gets his power from Satan, [ a ] the prince of demons.” 16 Others, trying to test Jesus, demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.
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Jun 22, 2004 · As the day wore on, the disciples besought Jesus to send the crowds home, so that they could obtain food. On the surface this appears to be a request based upon the disciples compassion for the crowds.
