Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 7:24

"And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be hid." — Mark 7:24 (ASV)

Jesus left where he was and traveled to Phoenicia (now Lebanon), in which the city of Tyre was located. Apparently Jesus did not go there for public ministry. He went into a house to get out of the public eye, perhaps to rest and to prepare himself spiritually for what he knew lay ahead of him. But once again (cf. 6:31–34) his hope for a time of quiet retirement was thwarted.