SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:31
¶ Volviendo a salir de los trminos de Tiro, vino por Sidn al mar de Galilea, por mitad de los trminos de Decpolis.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 31. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon , etc..] The Vulgate Latin version reads, and coming out again from the borders of Tyre, he came through Sidon; and so two of Beza's copies; the Arabic version, which Deuteronomy Dieu made use of reads to Sidon; as he must needs come to it, if he came through it; though the version in the Polyglot Bible of Walton's reads, ym , from Sidon: but the greater number of copies, and the Syriac and Persic versions read as we do, and which is rightest; since it does not appear, that Christ went out of the land of Israel, into any Heathen cities: and besides, Sidon was further from Galilee than Tyre, and so did not lie in his way to it; and therefore it is not likely he should pass through that city, in order to go to it. The Ethiopic version reads, and coming out again from Tyre, he went through Sidon: both these places were in Phoenicia, and it is probable that the woman before mentioned might belong to one or other of them. According to this version, she may be thought to be of Tyre, and that it was there, where the above discourse passed between Christ and her; though some Dutch pictures, Dr. Lightfoot takes notice of, represent her as praying for her daughter, at the gate of Sidon; and Borchard the monk, as he relates from him, says, that before the gate of Sidon eastward, there is a chapel built in the place, where the. Canaanitish woman prayed to our Saviour for her daughter. But Christ, for the reason before given, could be in neither of these places, being out of the land of Israel; besides, the text is express, that it was to the borders of this country he came, and from thence he went; and to, or from, or through any of these places. He came unto the sea of Galilee ; or Tiberias, the same with the lake of Gennesaret: he came to those parts of Galilee, which lay by it, where he had been, before he went the borders of Tyre and Sidon: through the midst the coasts of Decapolis ; of this place, (see Gill on Matthew 4:25). It was a country which consisted of ten cities, from whence it had its name: now not through the middle of these cities, or of this country, as the Ethiopic version reads; but through the midst of the borders of it Christ passed, which lay in his way from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, to the sea of Galilee. The Syriac and Persic versions render the words, unto the borders of Decapolis, or the ten cities; and the Arabic version, unto the middle of the coasts of the ten cities; (see Gill on Matthew 15:29).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 31-37 - Here is a cure of one that was deaf and dumb. Those who brought thi poor man to Christ, besought him to observe the case, and put forth his power. Our Lord used more outward actions in the doing of this cur than usual. These were only signs of Christ's power to cure the man, to encourage his faith, and theirs that brought him. Though we find grea variety in the cases and manner of relief of those who applied to Christ, yet all obtained the relief they sought. Thus it still is in the great concerns of our souls __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ παλιν 3825 ADV εξελθων 1831 5631 V-2AAP-NSM εκ 1537 PREP των 3588 T-GPN οριων 3725 N-GPN τυρου 5184 N-GSF και 2532 CONJ σιδωνος 4605 N-GSF ηλθεν 2064 5627 V-2AAI-3S προς 4314 PREP την 3588 T-ASF θαλασσαν 2281 N-ASF της 3588 T-GSF γαλιλαιας 1056 N-GSF ανα 303 PREP μεσον 3319 A-ASN των 3588 T-GPN οριων 3725 N-GPN δεκαπολεως 1179 N-GSF
Robertson's NT Word Studies
7:31 {Through the midst of the borders of Decapolis} (ana meson twn horiwn dekapolews). Jesus left Phoenicia, but did not go back into Galilee. He rather went east and came down east of the Sea of Galilee into the region of the Greek cities of Decapolis. He thus kept out of the territory of Herod Antipas. He had been in this region when he healed the Gadarene demoniac and was asked to leave.
