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John Gill
But he answered, and said,.... To his disciples, who knew how limited their commission was, that they were not to go into the way of the Gentiles, not to preach to them, nor perform miracles among them; and therefore could not reasonably expect that either the woman, or they, on her behalf, should succeed in this matter. I am not sent, but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel; as a priest, or...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, we have our Lord Jesus, as the great Prophet teaching, as the great Physician healing, and as the great Shepherd of the sheep feeding; as the Father of spirits instructing them; as the Conqueror of Satan dispossessing him; and as concerned for the bodies of his people, providing for them. Here is, I. Christ's discourse with the scribes and Pharisees about human traditions and...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. My mission as a prophet is to Israel, not to the Gentiles just now.
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. “Therefore, I cannot attend to her.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Christ’s personal ministry was confined to the Jews. He came as a Saviour to redeem all mankind, but as a preacher he was a minister to the circumcision, and he came to speak only to Israel.
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. “My ministerial commission is only to the Jews.” As a Saviour, he comes to save sinners, out of all nations; but as the Messiah, his special mission was to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As a Preacher and a Teacher, Christ came to administer to the circumcision, the Jews, the seed of Israel. He did not go about among the nations, it was his work to be a witness to the Jews. As a Preacher, he must begin somewhere, and he chose to begin with them. “I am not sent,” said he; therefore, how could...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Christ did what he was sent to do; he was the Messiah, the sent One. He would not go beyond his mission, so he says, “I am sent.” He was sent as a Preacher and a Teacher, not to the Gentiles, but to Israel. He had a larger commission in reserve, and was yet to be a Saviour to the Gentiles as well as to the...