Mark 7:24 (BSB)
Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.
Commentary on Mark 7:24
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Mark 7:24: Mark 7:24. He wished that no man should know it. We must attend to this circumstance, which is mentioned by Mark, that when Christ came to that place, he did not erect his banner, but endeavored to remain concealed for a time, in that obscure situation, like a private individual.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 7:24-30: See here, I. How humbly Christ was pleased to conceal himself. Never man was so cried up as he was in Galilee, and therefore, to teach us, though not to decline any opportunity of doing good, yet not to be fond of popular applause, he arose from thence, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, where he was little known; and there he...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 7:24: For a certain woman,.... One way and means by which he came to be more openly discovered who he was, was this; a woman in those parts, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit; a devil, with which she was possessed; hearing of some miracles he had wrought in healing the sick, and casting out devils; heard of him, and came; and understanding that he...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 7:24: Verses 24-30. See this miracle explained in . Verse 24. Would have no man know it. To avoid the designs of the Pharisees, he wished to be retired. (y) "And from thence" (z) "but he could not be hid"