Matthew 15:30 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Matthew 15:30
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:
to approach · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
him
αὐτῷautō
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
having
ἔχοντεςechontes
G2192
to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active participle, nominative plural masculine
with
μεθ᾽meth᾽
G3326
properly · preposition
them
ἑαυτῶνhe'autōn
G1438
him- (her- · reflexive pronoun
lame
χωλούς,chōlous
G5560
"halt" · adjective — accusative plural masculine
blind
τυφλούς,tuphlous
G5185
opaque (as if smoky) · adjective — accusative plural masculine
dumb
κωφούς,kōphous
G2974
blunted · adjective — accusative plural masculine
maimed
κυλλούς,kullous
G2948
rocking about · adjective — accusative plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
many
πολλοὺςpollous
G4183
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many · adjective — accusative plural masculine
others
ἑτέρουςheterous
G2087
(an- · adjective — accusative plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
cast
ἔρριψανerripsan
G4496
to fling (properly · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
them
αὐτοὺςautous
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine
down
ῥίπτωrhíptō
G4496
to fling (properly
at
παρὰpara
G3844
properly · preposition
Jesus’
ἸησοῦςIēsoûs
G2424
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua)
feet
πόδαςpodas
G4228
a "foot" (figuratively or literally) · noun — accusative plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
healed
ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusen
G2323
to wait upon menially · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
them
αὐτοῦautou
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
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Cross-references
Luke 6:17-19 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judæa and J…
Acts 5:15-16 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing…
Matthew 14:35-36 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were dis…
Isaiah 35:5-6 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Acts 19:11-12 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
Psalms 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Matthew 11:4-5 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
Mark 1:32-34 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:29–end
Here is, I. A general account of Christ's cures, his curing by wholesale. The tokens of Christ's power and goodness are neither scarce nor scanty; for there is in him an overflowing fulness. Now observe,
1. The place where these cures were wrought; it was near the sea of Galilee, a part of the country Christ was much conversant with. We read not of any thing he did in the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, but the casting of the devil out of the woman of Canaan's daughter, as if he took that journey on purpose, with that in prospect. Let not ministers grudge their pains to do good, though but to few. He that knows the worth of souls, would go a great way to help to save one from death and Satan's pow…
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me--(Also see on Mar 7:26.)
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John Gill on Matthew 15:30
And great multitudes came unto him,.... From the adjacent places; having heard of his being where he was; and who had either attended on him before, or, however, the fame of him, and his miracles, had reached their ears: these flocked to him, having with them, in their hands, or arms, or upon their backs, or shoulders, leading some, and carrying others, in some form or another,
those that were lame; either in their legs, or arms:
blind; in one eye, or both, and that either from their birth, or since:
dumb: the word signifies both deaf and dumb: these often meet in the same person: and if a man is born deaf, he is always dumb:
maimed: having lost a limb, an arm, or a leg, or so enfeebled…
Matthew 15:29-39
Matthew 15:29-39
Mark 7:31-37
29. And Jesus departing thence, came near the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain, and sat down there. 30. And great multitudes came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the dumb, the maimed, and many others, and laid them at the feet of Jesus; and he cured them: 31. So that the multitudes wondered, when they perceived the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, the blind to see; and they glorified the God of Israel. 32. And Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now remained with me three days, and have nothing to eat; and I do not choose…
The Church Fathers
Again Jesus went up on the mountain where he sat down. Not only people who were healthy but also those suffering from various disorders went up on the mountain where Jesus was sitting. Think of this mountain to which Jesus went up and sat as the church. It has been set up through the word of God over the rest of the world, and all sorts of people come to it. To this assembly have come not only the disciples, as if they were leaving behind the multitudes, as they did in the case of the Beatitudes. Rather, there are great crowds here, many of whom are deaf or suffer from many afflictions. Look at the crowds who come to this mountain where the Son of God sits. Some of them have become deaf to the things that have been promised. Others have become blind in soul, not looking toward the true light. Others are lame and not able to walk according to reason. Others are maimed and unable to work profitably. Each of these who are suffering in soul from such things go up along with the multitudes into the mountain where Jesus sits.Some who do not draw near to the feet of Jesus are not healed. But those who are brought by the multitude and cast at his feet are being healed. Even those who come only to the edges, just the extremities of the body of Christ, who feel themselves unworthy to obtain such things, are being healed. So now you come into the congregation of what is more commonly called the church. See the catechumens? They are, as it were, cast in the far side or back of those who are the extreme end of the body, as if they were coming merely to the feet of the body of Jesus—the church. They are coming to it with their own deafness and blindness and lameness and crookedness. In time they will be cured according to the Word. Observing this you would not be wrong in saying that these people have gone up with the multitudes into the church, up to the mountain where Jesus sits, and have been cast at his feet and are being healed. And so the multitudes are astonished at beholding the transformations that are taking place. They behold those who are being converted from such great evils to that which is so much better.
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Zabulon — (Matt. 4:13, 15; Rev. 7:8). See ZEBULUN.
Dumb (Deafness, Mute) · Miraculous healing of, by Jesus — Miraculous healing of, by Jesus
Galilee · .Teaching and miracles of Jesus in — .Teaching and miracles of Jesus in
Miracles Of Christ, The · Many and divers diseases healed — Many and divers diseases healed
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
Jesus returned to a predominantly Gentile area and performed many miracles. Though Jesus was sent primarily for Israel’s sake (15:21-28), the new era that he inaugurated is also the beginning of Gentile salvation (1:3, 5-6; 2:1-12; 4:12-16; 8:5-13; 15:21-28; 28:16-20). • Such healings are signs that the Kingdom has broken into history through Jesus’ ministry (8:1–9:34; 11:5-6; 12:28). • the God of Israel: This phrase suggests that the crowd (15:30) was predominantly Gentile.
