Matthew 15:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἐκεῖθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος.

Transliteration

And exelthōn from there the Iēsous, anechōrēsen into the merē of Turou and Sidōnos.

Grammar Details

• *Kai*: conjunction - and
• *exelthōn*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having gone out
• *ekeithen*: adverb - from there
• *ho Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *anechōrēsen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - he withdrew
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - into
• *ta merē*: accusative, neuter, plural - the regions/parts
• *Turou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Tyre
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *Sidōnos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Sidon

Word Meanings

• *exelthōn*: having gone out/departed
• *anechōrēsen*: withdrew/departed/went away
• *merē*: regions/parts/districts

Referenced Verses

• Josh 13:6 : 6 All the people of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Zidonians; them will I send out from before the children of Israel: only make division of it to Israel for a heritage, as I have given you orders to do.
• Josh 19:28-29 : 28 And Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, to great Zidon; 29 And the limit goes round to Ramah and the walled town of Tyre and Hosah, ending at the sea by Heleb and Achzib;
• Judg 1:31 : 31 And Asher did not take the land of the people of Acco, or Zidon, or Ahlab, or Achzib, or Helbah, or Aphik, or Rehob, driving them out;
• Matt 10:5-6 : 5 These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria, 6 But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
• Matt 11:21-23 : 21 Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads. 22 But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.
• Mark 7:24-30 : 24 And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret. 25 But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet. 26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter. 27 And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. 28 But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children. 29 And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter. 30 And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.
• Gen 49:13 : 13 The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.
• Josh 11:8 : 8 And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them driving them back to great Zidon and to Misrephoth-maim and into the valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they put them all to death, no man got away safely.