MATTHEW 15:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.”
Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there. The return to the Sea of Galilee and the mountain — the same setting as the Sermon on the Mount — suggests the teaching posture of the rabbi. The sitting down communicates that Jesus is settling in for a sustained ministry of healing and teaching.
Church Fathers on Matthew 15:29
Having healed the d aug hter of this Chananaean, the Lord returns into Judaea, as it follows, 'And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee.'
This sea is called by various names; the sea at Galilee, because of its neighbourhood to Galilee; the sea of Tiberias, from the town of Tiberias.
It should be considered that sometimes the Lord goes about to heal the sick, sometimes He sits and waits for them to come; and accordingly here it is added, 'And there came great multitudes unto him, having with them those that were dumb, lame, blind, maimed, and many others.'
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