“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
28. Great is thy faith. He first applauds the woman’s faith, and next declares, that on account of her faith he grants her prayer. The greatness of her faith appeared chiefly in this respect, that by the aid of nothing more than a feeble spark of doctrine, she not only recognized the actual office of Christ, and ascribed to him heavenly power, but pursued her...
Christ left them justly, for willful prejudice against the Gospel provokes Him to withdraw His light. Yet into that dark corner near Tyre and Sidon He came with mercy in store, showing that the ends of the earth shall see His salvation even when the favored reject Him.
AI summary
Commenting on Matthew 15:21-28
Then Jesus answered, and said unto her,.... As one surprised at the strength of her faith, and the clearness and justness of her pious reasoning; and not concealing himself, and the designs of grace, any longer from her, breaks out in great admiration of her, saying, O woman, great is thy faith!