After Jesus talked to the Pharisees about washing
pots and pans and all their traditions, He rebuked
them for making the word nothing by doing them. 
"Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the 
coasts of Tyre and Sidon." Matthew 15:21
Jesus made a journey into a land beyond Israel.
Maybe it was to be alone with His disciples. Before
He had crossed over into the Gadarenes, and even
Galilee; but wasn't able to find seclusion. Now he 
decided to go into Phoenicia where the people 
were idolatrous and sinful and had been run off by 
the Israelites. The Jews wouldn't ordinarily go near 
this area so it may have been a good place to get 
some rest. He wouldn't be recognized there.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
