Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Mark 7:26
The woman was a Greek (that is, a Gentile, not a Jew) a Syrophenician or Canaanite. Canaan was also called Syrophenicia, as lying between Syria, properly so called, and Phenicia.
The woman was a Greek (that is, a Gentile, not a Jew) a Syrophenician or Canaanite. Canaan was also called Syrophenicia, as lying between Syria, properly so called, and Phenicia.
Verse 26. _THE WOMAN WAS A GREEK_] Rosenmuller has well observed, that all heathens or idolaters were called Ἑλληνες, _Greeks_, by the Jews; whether they were Parthians, Medes, Arabs, Indians, or AEt...
See this miracle explained in the notes at Matthew 15:21. Mark 7:24 WOULD HAVE NO MAN KNOW IT - To avoid the designs of the Pharisees he wished to be retired. Mark
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Opposition of the Pharisees. (Mark 7:1 .Matthew 15:1)_ 2. Grace shown to the Syrophenician Woman. (Mark 7:24. Matthew
THE HEALING OF THE GREEK WOMAN'S DAUGHTER. Jesus now leaves Galilee and withdraws to Gentile districts, not to evangelize them, but to avoid Herod and the Pharisees, and to train the Twelve. A Greek,...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Mark 7:1-4)...
He left there and went away into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and he did not wish anyone to know about it, but he could not be there without people knowing about it. When a woma...
THE WOMAN But (or Now) the woman. GREEK. Gentile, Greek. _hellenis_. Used in. general sense for non-Jewish. SYROPHENICIAN. Phenicia in Syria, to distinguish it from Phenicia in North Africa (Libyo-P...
_a Greek_ St Matthew describes her as a "_woman of Canaan_" (Matthew 15:22), St Mark calls her _a Greek, a Syrophœnician_. The first term describes her religion, that she was a Gentile; the second the...
ἙΛΛΗΝΊΣ, ΣΥΡΟΦΟΙΝΊΚΙΣΣΑ ΤΩ͂Ι ΓΈΝΕΙ. _A Greek-speaking woman, a Phoenician of Syria by race_. In this context, Ἑλληνίς can hardly mean anything else (Acts 17:12). She spoke Greek, but she was not a Gre...
24–30. THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN Matthew 15:21-28...
Ver 24. And from thence He arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it; but He could not be hid. 25. For a certain woman, whose young d...
_THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN'S FAITH MARK 7:24-30:_ Jesus left the vicinity of the Sea of Galilee and journeyed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house but it was impossible to be hidden fro...
ΓΈΝΕΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΓΈΝΟΣ (G1085) рождение. _Instr. dat._ ("по рождению" "родом"), ΉΡΏΤΑ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΩΤΆΩ (G2065) спрашивать, просить. Hist, _praes._ ΈΚΒΆΛΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΚΒΆΛΛΩ...
C_._ THE THIRD PERIOD 7:24 TO 9:50 1. THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN. 7:24-30 _TEXT 7:24-30_ And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and wo...
_SUMMARY 7:24_8:13 This section contains an account of three more remarkable miraclesthe expulsion of a demon from the Gentile woman's daughter; the restoration of speech and hearing to the deaf stamm...
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. THE WOMAN WAS A GREEK, [ Helleenis (G1674)] - that is, 'a Gentile,' as...
6-7 Compare Isa_29:13. 6 The religious Jew delighted in forms and ceremonies, pious ejaculations and protracted prayers, yet at heart he was not vitally concerned with the things of God. No better te...
EATING WITH UNWASHED HANDS. THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN. HEALING OF A DEAF MAN 1-23. Eating with unwashed hands (Matthew 15:1). See on Mt. 3, 4. A note added by St. Mark for the benefit of his Gentile...
THE SYROPHŒNICIAN WOMAN (Matthew 15:21). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 7 GOD’S PEOPLE MUST BE DIFFERENT VERSES 1-16 God’s people should not do all the sa...
CHAPTER 7:24-30 (MARK 7:24) THE CHILDREN AND THE DOGS "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 c...
Ἑλληνὶς, Σύρα, φοινίκισσα, a Greek in religion, a Syrian in tongue, a Phenician in race (Euthy. Zig.). The two last epithets combined into one (Συροφ.) would describe her as a Syrophenician as distinc...
_The Syrophenician woman_ (Matthew 15:21-28). ἐκεῖθεν δὲ ἀναστὰς points to a change from the comparatively stationary life by the shores of the lake to a period of wandering in unwonted scenes. _Cf._...
A MOTHER'S FAITH REWARDED Mark 7:24-37 Before faith can be fully exercised we must take the right attitude toward Christ. His mission at that time was to the Jewish people; they were the _children._...
In strong and clear language the Master denounced tradition as contrary to the commandment of God. 1. Things from without do not defile, and therefore are not sin. Temptation is not sin. 2. Only tha...
The woman was a (m) Greek, a (n) Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. (m) By nationality, profane. (n) A neighbour of or near to Dama...
THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30. “And rising up, He departed thence into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. And having come into a house, he wished no one to know it; and He was not...
(24) And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know _it:_ but he could not be hid. (25) For a _certain_ woman, whose young...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
The ruling power in exercise among the Jews had shewn itself hostile to the testimony of God, and had put to death the one whom He had sent in the way of righteousness. The scribes, and those who pret...
THE WOMAN WAS A GREEK,.... Or Gentile, an Heathen woman, which made her faith the more remarkable. So the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions call her; which she might be, and was, though she was a...
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. Ver. 26. _A Greek_] _i.e._ a Gentile, as Romans 2:9, profane by professi...
_From thence he arose, and went into the borders_ Εις τα μεθορια, into the parts which bordered upon, or rather lay between, Tyre and Sidon; _and entered into a house, and would have no man know it_ N...
The Syrophenician woman. Matthew 15:21-28....
A GREEK; that is, a Gentile. SYROPHENICIAN; belonging to Syrophenicia, that is, the Syrian Phenicia, so called to distinguish it from the Libyan Phenicia, on the north coast of Africa....
THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN. A journey to the North:...
THE WOMAN WAS A GREEK, A SYROPHOENICIAN BY NATION; AND SHE BESOUGHT HIM THAT HE WOULD CAST FORTH THE DEVIL OUT OF HER DAUGHTER. Since it was apparently impossible to find rest and leisure for connecte...
TITLE: Who is the dog? TEXT: Mark 7:24-30 PROPOSITION: God has some established priorities. QUESTION: Why? KEY WORD: Explanations READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. At first reading - many think Jesus is...
GREEK: Or, Gentile...
24-30 Christ never put any from him that fell at his feet, which a poor trembling soul may do. As she was a good woman, so a good mother. This sent her to Christ. His saying, Let the children first b...
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Mark 7:26 G1161 woman G1135 was G2258 (G5713) Greek G1674 Syro-Phoenician G4949 birth G1085 and G2532 asking...
‘Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she pleaded with him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.' Mark, like Matthew, makes absolutely clear that the woman was not o...
MOVING TO TYRE - THE SYRO-PHOENICIAN WOMAN (7:24-30). That this incident was a turning point in the ministry of Jesus cannot be denied, and there are good grounds for arguing that Matthew's Gospel re...
JESUS MINISTERS IN GENTILE TERRITORY - THE SYRO-PHOENICIAN WOMAN - THE FEEDING OF FOUR THOUSAND MEN (7:23-8:26). Having made His point strongly Jesus now moved to Gentile territory and seemingly remai...
Mark 7:26. A GREEK, _i.e.,_ a Gentile in religion. SYROPHENICIAN BY RACE, such a nation no longer existed. There were Phenicians at Carthage in Libya (Africa), as well as in Syria. The Phenicians we...
Compare notes on Matthew 15:21-39. The miracle (Mark 7:32-37) is peculiar to Mark and of special interest....
A GREEK, A SYRO-PHOENICIAN BY RACE (Hελληνισ, Συροφοινικισσα τω γενε). "A Greek in religion, a Syrian in tongue, a Phoenician in race" (Bruce), from Euthymius Zigabenus. She was not a Phoenician of...
GREEK (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 15:21). _...
Mark 7:24 The Syrophenician's Daughter. Notice: I. The Girl Herself. She was "grievously vexed with a devil." Her case was very sad and strange. All the gods, helpers and physicians, in Tyre and Sid...
Mark 7:24. And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young da...
CONTENTS: Jesus rebukes Pharisees. Healing of daughter of Syrophenician woman and a deaf and dumb man. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pharisees, scribes, disciples, Syrophenician woman, her daughter, deaf man, I...
Mark 7:3. _The pharisees, and all the jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not._ Their traditionary laws, which enjoined all possible corporeal purity, were built on the notion that a person mi...
_The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by nation: and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter._ THE CANAANITISH MOTHER Through her natural affections she had mounte...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 7:26 Elijah had also helped a non-Jewish woman in this area (1 Kings 17:8). SYROPHOENICIAN. A native of Phoenicia, which included Tyre and Sidon....
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 7:24 Jesus went first to the people of Israel. However, these verses foreshadow the future ministry of the disciples to the Gentiles. ⇐...
JESUS SENDS A DEMON OUT OF A GIRL MATTHEW 15:21-28; MARK 7:24-30; MATTHEW 15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon....
CHAPTER 7 1 _The Pharisees find fault at the disciples for eating with unwashen hands_. 8 _They break the commandment of God by the traditions of men_. 14 _Meat defileth not the man_. 24 _He healeth t...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 7:24. TYRE AND SIDON.—Great commercial cities in Phœnicia. Tyre is mentioned in 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 9:11;...
EXPOSITION MARK 7:1, MARK 7:2 These verses, according to the Greek construction, should run thus: AND THERE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO THE PHARISEES, AND CERTAIN OF THE scribes, which had come from J...
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem (Mark 7:1). They came on up from Jerusalem to the area of Galilee. And when they saw some of his disci...
Colossians 3:11; Galatians 3:28; Isaiah 49:12; Matthew 15:22...
Syro - Phoenician. Phoenician of Syria, as distinguished from a Libyo - Phoenician of North Africa, Libya being often used for Africa....