43 To fully appreciate the import of this sign, it must be compared
with a similar one which occurred some time later. The cumulative
contrast cannot be fully seen in an inaccurate version, but is readily
observed when it is noted that the numbers are confirmed by the kinds
of "baskets" and that the... [ Continue Reading ]
6-7 Compare Isa_29:13.
6 The religious Jew delighted in forms and ceremonies, pious
ejaculations and protracted prayers, yet at heart he was not vitally
concerned with the things of God. No better test could have been made
than to bring them into the presence of Him Who was the Image of God
and the... [ Continue Reading ]
31-37 Compare Mat_15:29-31.
32 The meeting with the Greek woman of Syro-Phoenicia suggests a phase
of kingdom service for which Israel, in our Lord's day, was utterly
incapable. In Jehovah's day the Lord's word will go forth from
Jerusalem. The evangel will be proclaimed in every corner of the
earth... [ Continue Reading ]