Matthew 15:30 — ExegesisTAB

The verse begins with the connective kai {καὶ | kaí}, linking this scene to the surrounding narrative as a continuation of Jesus’ activity. The aorist verb proselthon {προσῆλθον | prosêlthon} functions as the main verb of the first clause, with the compound subject ochloi polloi {ὄχλοι πολλοὶ | óchloi polloí} “many crowds” placed after the indirect object autō {αὐτῷ | autō} to foreground the direction “to Him” before specifying who comes. The participle echontes {ἔχοντες | échontes} introduces a circumstantial participial clause, “having with themselves,” which is further specified by the prepositional phrase meth’ heautōn {μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν | meth’ heautōn}, emphasizing that these sufferers belonged to the crowds themselves. A series of accusative substantival adjectives—kophous, typhlous, cholous, kyllous {κωφούς, τυφλούς, χωλούς, κυλλούς | kōphoús, typhloús, chōloús, kylloús}—forms an asyndetic list, only later expanded by kai heterous pollous {καὶ ἑτέρους πολλούς | kaí hetérous polloús} “and many others,” which signals the breadth of afflictions beyond those named. The second finite verb erripsan {ἔρριψαν | érripsan} shifts the focus from coming to a decisive act of placing (literally “throwing”) the sick para tous podas autou {παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ | pará toús pódas autoû}, a prepositional phrase that presents Jesus’ feet as the locus of appeal and authority. The verse climaxes with etherapeusen autous {ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτούς | etherápeusen autoús}, a succinct aorist clause in which Jesus is the implicit subject. The narrative progression—approach, presentation at His feet, and comprehensive healing—creates a clear movement from human need to divine response. In translation, the long Greek sentence is preserved as one flowing thought in the formal reconstruction, using coordinated clauses and semicolons to mirror the cumulative effect, while the dynamic reconstruction divides the material into two sentences to maintain clarity in contemporary English but retains the original sequence of actions and groups.