Matthew 15 verse 22

 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Verse 22: When our Lord Jesus Christ was on the coasts of Tyre and Sidon there came a woman from Canaan. She knew that He was there and she cried to Him this: Have mercy on me Lord and she knew He was the son of David that's why she called Him the son of David. David was the king of Israel and she understood that the Lord would sit on the throne of David. How did she knew this all. She must have heard from Him and from all the things He had done especially the healings. No one could do such miracles. Her daughter was grievously vexed with a devil. A lot of people in the time when our Lord on earth had His ministry 3 years long, were vexed with a devil. Our Lord healed a lot of those persons who were possessed by the devil. This woman hoped that the Lord would heal her daughter and believed in Him that He could do that. 

Matthew 15 verse 23

But He answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Verse 23: Our Lord didn't answer her, so He gave her not a word. Why He is doing this? The answer we read later. His disciples came to Him and request Him earnestly: Send her away because she crieth after us.

Matthew 15 verse 24

But He answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Verse 24: Our Lord Jesus Christ answered to them and said: I am only send to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. I am send to the Jews, not to the Gentiles with other words. Inhabitans outside Israel were Gentiles or strangers. 

Matthew 15 verse 25

Then came she and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, help me.

Verse 25: The woman came to Him, our Lord, and honoured Him and said Lord help me. This was a sign of hopelessness and she believe that He could help. 

Matthew 15 verse 26

But He answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.

Verse 26: Our Lord answered this woman and said. It is inappropriate to take the children's bread. The children's bread stands for the folk Israel. They had the Scriptures and the Law and to give the Word of God to the dogs and that are Gentiles is wrong. The Gospel of the Kingdom was only preached to Israel.  Ephesians 2:11 and 12. The Gentiles were in that dispensation without God in this world. God was not dealing with the Gentiles but with Israel. 

Matthew 15 verse 27

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

Verse 27: The woman answered Him back with the words: true Lord. And immediately she said that the Gentiles (dogs) eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. They picked up also Scriptures from the Word of God and believed them. This was a reality and therefore the Lord Jesus Christ answered her again in the next verse. 

Matthew 15 verse 28

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Verse 28: The Lord answered this: O woman, your faith (trust) is very great. What you asked or wilt it will be done. From that hour her daughter was healed. What a joy this must have been for this woman to see her daughter healed, no more possessed by the devil!

Matthew 15 verse 29

And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

Verse 29: Our Lord went away from Tyrus and Sidon (now Lebanon) and came nigh the sea of Galilee. There He went up into a mountain and sat down there. He sat on top of the mountain. 

Matthew 15 verse 30

 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

Verse 30: There on the top of the mountain there came a great multitude of men and they had taken with them lame persons, blind persons, dumb persons, maimed persons and many others who were sick and brought them to the feet of our Lord and the Lord Jesus Christ healed them all. What a miracle or wonder He did there! 

Matthew 15 verse 31

Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

Verse 31: The multitude of men who were with our Lord Jesus Christ Who did all the healings were amazed because they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed were whole, the lame could walk and the blind could see and they glorified God. The God of Israel. They acknowledged that no man could do this alone the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Matthew 15 verse 32

Then Jesus called His disciples unto Him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Verse 32: The Lord Jesus Christ called His disciples unto Him. He said to them that He had a pity on the multitude of men who were with Him at that moment 3 days and they had no food to eat. Man had also to eat for his own body. There was not enough food for them. Our Lord would not send them away without food because then they would starve from hunger on the way back to their homes. This shows the divine and human side: His compassion on the multitude of men. 

Matthew 15 verse 33

And His disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

Verse 33: His disciples answered Him and said where can we find so much bread in this desert to feed so a great multitude of men? That was impossible in men's eyes. 

Matthew 15 verse 34

And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

Verse 34: The Lord Jesus Christ said to His disciples how much bread you have now and they answered 7 (that is a sacred number!) and a few small fishes. 7 is always in the Bible a sacred number. 

Matthew 15 verse 35

And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

Verse 35: The Lord Jesus Christ directed the multitude of 4000 men to sit down on the ground!! What a authority He was in that time because they obeyed Him immediately. For a man in general this is not possible to command a multitude of 4000 persons to sit down on ground because you want that. He was a special Man, a Rabbi and had a lot to say and He did a lot of wonders, healings and other things to let people know that He was and is God Himself. 

Matthew 15 verse 36

And He took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Verse 36: The Lord took with His hands the 7 bread and the fishes. Then He gave thanks to the Father and brake the bread and also the fish and gave to His disciples. The disciples thereafter gave it to the multitude of men who were 4000 persons. This was again a miracle the Lord did because every person there got bread and fish. 

Matthew 15 verse 37

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

Verse 37: They all eat the bread and fish and were filled! They had no hunger after this meal. The disciples picked up the broken meat and seven baskets were full left. What a miraculous wonder the Lord did. 

Matthew 15 verse 38

And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

Verse 38: All the men 4000 persons without women and children eat there near the Lord on the ground. They were filled and could after this filled to their homes. 

Matthew 15 verse 39

 And He sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

Verse 39: After 3 days and after that meal the Lord Jesus Christ send the multitude of men that were 4000 people to their own homes in villages, places. And He took a ship and came into the coasts of Magdala. Magdala was a fishing village situated on the west bank of the Sea of Tiberias or Galilee. During the Jewish war it was destroyed. 

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Matthew Chapter 16

Matthew 16 verse 1

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

Verse 1:  Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him. They enticing desired from Him that He could shew them a sign from heaven. Jews required always a sign. In I Corinthians 1 verse 22 we read this: For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom. Now these two sects of the Jews desired a sign from heaven from our Lord. And what did the Lord do. Read in the following verse what His answer is. 

Matthew 16 verse 2

 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

Verse 2: But He, the Lord, answered these Pharisees and Sadducees and said to them: If you see the evening and the sky is red than you say it is nice weather. 

Matthew 16 verse 3

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Verse 3: In the morning if it will be foul weather because the sky is red and lowering. And then He said to these Pharisees and Sadducees this: ye hypocrites, ye can see from the face of the sky if it will be good weather  or bad weather but you cannot divine the signs of the times?  They looked very devout persons those Pharisees and Sadducees but in fact they were hypocrites and the Lord said they were hypocrites. 

Matthew 16 verse 4

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

Verse 4: Immediately the Lord said this: a wicked and adulterous generation and that was Israel in that time require a sign but there sall no sign be given unto them than the sign of the prophet Jonas. That was on that moment that He said enough to them and departed from them. What was the sign of Jonas? Three days and three nights in the belly of the big fish (whale) and the Lord shall be three days and three nights be laydown in the grave and then be alive from the death as Jonas came out of the fish after three days. 

Matthew 16 verse 5

And when His disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

Verse 5: The Lord had left the Pharisees and Sadducees and was gone to the other side of the sea of Galilee. When His disciples came to the other side they had no bread because they forgot to take bread with them. 

Matthew 16 verse 6

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Verse 6: The Lord said to His disciples and warned them with this Word that they had not to accept the things of the Pharisees and Sadducees which make people believe. That was very dangerous. They were hypocrites. What they tried to convince people was just real but it was a lie. 

Matthew 16 verse 7

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

Verse 7: The disciples reasoned among themselves and said to themselves that they were the guilty because they had not taken bread with them. 

Matthew 16 verse 8

Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

Verse 8: The Lord knew, knows everything. He sees the heart and know everything a man think in himself. He said unto His disciples: ye have little faith. Why you reasoned among yourselves because of the fact that you brought no bread with you? They had not to worry about food or clothes etc because God would provide for this. 

Matthew 16 verse 9

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Verse 9: The disciples of the Lord didn't understand that they had to take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees and thought because they had no taken bread  they reasoned among themselves because they had not taken bread. The Lord remembered them about the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets of loaves (bread) were over? 

Matthew 16 verse 10

 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Verse 10: The Lord remembered His disciples of the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets they took up? They had little faith in Him. It was surreal for them to take it all in. 

Matthew 16 verse 11

How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Verse 11: The Lord Jesus Christ asked His disciples why they didn't understand that He spoke not concerning bread litteraly but He warned them about the leaven = doctrine which the Pharisees and Sadducees told the people. That was misleading people because they were hypocrites. 

Matthew 16 verse 12

Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Verse 12: After the Lord Jesus Christ explained His disciples about the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees they understood from that moment what He was talking about and that He was not talking about bread but about the doctrine which He told the people, the Gospel of the Kingdom. 

Matthew 16 verse 13

When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

Verse 13: The Lord Jesus Christ went to the coasts of Caesarea. The coasts of the Middle Sea. Then He had a question for His disciples: Who do men said that I the Son of man am? With other words who said this because His disciples stayed always with Him and heard a lot of people when the Lord came somewhere to preach or did miracles like healings etc. 

Matthew 16 verse 14

And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

Verse 14: His disciples answered and said that some people called Him John the Baptist, others Elias or Jeremiah or some ot them one of the prophets. Most people in the country of Israel didn't know who He was. 

Matthew 16 verse 15

He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

Verse 15: After that hearing the Lord Jesus Christ wanted to really know from His disciples whom He was that's why he asked them: whom say ye that I am? 

Matthew 16 verse 16

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Verse 16: Simon Peter was always one of the first to react and he said this: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. That was right what he said to the Lord. 

Matthew 16 verse 17

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Verse 17: The Lord Jesus Christ gave His answer Peter and said: Blessed art thou Simon Barjona. Not your flesh and blood hath made this known but my Father (His Father) which is in heaven have made this known unto Peter. 

Matthew 16 verse 18

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Verse 18: The Lord personally said to Peter this: thou art Peter. Upon this rock He said He will build His church. Which rock? That was Himself. He is the rock!  From which church the Lord was talking about? The church of the Kingdom. That started later in Jerusalem the so called Jerusalem church. The gates of hell shall to achieve victory over this church. 

Matthew 16 verse 19

 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Verse 19: Peter  was given special keys. These keys represented kingdom authority to bind and loose here on earth. Peter used that authority  at the day of Pentecost as Christ's apostle and as representative of the 12 apostles.  In Acts 2 verse 14 we read this: But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

Matthew 16 verse 20

 Then charged He His disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

Verse 20: The Lord forbade His disciples that they should tell it to no man that He was Jesus which means God saves and Christ=the Anointed One. He was and is the Savior and Anointed One. This is what they had not to tell anybody. 

Matthew 16 verse 21

 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

Verse 21: For that time one the Lord Jesus Christ showed His disciples that He had to go into Jerusalem and would suffer many things from the elders and chief priests, the sect of scribes of the folk Israel and that He would be killed by them and that He would raise from the death the third day. He was telling the rest of His plan what would overcome Him.  What was the reaction of the disciples upon this saying? Read on

Matthew 16 verse 22

Then Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto Thee.

Verse 22: Peter who was always the first of the disciples catched Him and began to reprimand Him and said to the Lord: Be it far from thee Lord: this shall not happen to Thee. Peter understood nothing from which the Lord had spoken of. He could not believe that.  Peter didn't know about God's plan that His Son the Lord Jesus Christ must suffer and be killed and then after 3 days would raise from the death. 

Matthew 16 verse 23

But He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Verse 23: The Lord turned Himself and said to Peter. Get thee behind me satan. The Lord was not directly to Peter but unto satan who wispered that Peter. Satan was an offence to the Lord. Satan savourest not things that be of God but that be of men. He twists the Word of God. That he did this from the beginning on. He is a men killer. 

Matthew 16 verse 24

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Verse 24: The Lord Jesus Christ said unot His disciples this: If any man will come after Me, to follow Me litteraly he must deny himself, he must not live for himself anymore, to give yourself wholly to Christ and share in His shame, rejection and death. This is what the Lord told them. 

Matthew 16 verse 25

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Verse 25: To save yourself for your own sake then a man shall lose his life but if a man lose his life for Christ he shall find the life. It was a call for the disciples to come after Christ and identify himself with Him in His shame, rejection and the death. 

Matthew 16 verse 26

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Verse 26: If a man gain the whole world the result of this is that he shall lose his own soul and lose the reward of God. He shall lose his life. In Psalm 49 verse 7-9 we read this:None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him. (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)  That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 

Matthew 16 verse 27

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

Verse 27: The Lord Jesus Christ is talking about Himself: the Son of man! He Himself shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels. This will be when He will come back to earth again, the second time! This will be the day of judgment: every man shall have a reward according to his works. Every man shall be judged by Him. 

Matthew 16 verse 28

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Verse 28: Truly the Lord said to His disciples and maybe others who listened to Him: there were persons at that moment who shall not taste death until they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom. 

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Matthew Chapter 17

Matthew 17 verse 1

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

Verse 1: The Lord Jesus Christ took Peter, James and John with Him into a high mountain. Peter, James and John were the pillars of the 12 disciples, later apostles. Later this James was killed by king Herod in the Acts period and replaced by another James, the Lord's half brother. Here in this chapter Matthew records Christ was transfigured before them. It means to change ones form, fashion, appearance, metomorphosis. 

Matthew 17 verse 2

And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Verse 2: The Lord Jesus Christ was transfigured before Peter, James and John . His appearance was different from what they always saw of Him. His deity was allowed to shine forth. His chothes were as white as the light. 

Matthew 17 verse 3

And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

Verse 3: At the same time Moses and Elias appeared and talked to Christ. Moses represented the Law, or the books of Genesis until the end of Deuteronomy. Elias, not a writing prophet, was the prototype after which John  the Baptist came. 

Matthew 17 verse 4

Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

Verse 4: Peter was the first who answered this seeing and said to the Lord that it was good for them to be there on the mountain and see it. If thou wilt. If it is Your will we will make tabernacles for You, Moses and Elias. Peter wanted to do something for the Lord, Moses and Elias.