Jesus' Compassion on the Multitude - Matthew 15:32

Matthew the apostle wrote how Jesus, “came near unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 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: Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel”, and in chapter fifteen and verse thirty-two of his book, Matthew shares how Jesus had, “compassion on the multitude” where we read:

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

The verse reads, “Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:”. Matthew began with the words, “then Jesus” which means “at that time and moment Jesus whose name means Jehovah is Salvation, the Savior of mankind and God incarnate” “called his disciples” or “” “unto him” which means “to Jesus Himself”, “and said” which means “and uttered, declared and proclaimed”, “I have compassion” or “Jesus was moved as to one's bowels, pity and sympathy” “on the multitude” or “on the crowd and mass of people”, “because” which means “since and on account that” “they continue” or “the crowd and mass of people” “with me now” or “who have been with Jesus for” “three days” which means “three sunrises to sunsets”, “and have nothing” or “and do not have any food or sustenance” “to eat” which means “to consume and devour”. Matthew shared how Jesus gathered His disciples around Him and told them He pitied and sympathized with the “multitude”.

The verse goes on to say, “and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.” Matthew continued with the words, “and I will not send them away” which means “and Jesus would not make the crowd leave or depart” “fasting” or “having abstained from food and not eaten”, “lest” which means “whether and perhaps” “they faint” or “the crowd will fall out, ” “in the way” which means “”. Matthew shared

When we consider Matthew's words in this verse, we see

Next time Matthew shares how the disciples wondered how they should , “have so much bread in the wilderness”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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