Matthew 15:23

οὐκ�. Jesus, by this refusal, tries the woman’s faith, that He may purify and deepen it. Her request must be won by earnest prayer, ‘lest the light winning should make light the prize.’

Observe that Christ first refuses by silence, then by express words.

ἠρώτουν. For the form cp. νικοῦντι, Revelation 2:7. the reading of Lachmann and Tischendorf (ed. 7); and see Winer, p. 104, note 3.

ἀπόλυσον αὐτήν. By granting what she asks, by yielding, like the unjust judge, to her importunity.