Matthew 15:22. A Canaanitish woman . Her race, not her country, is thus noted. Mark, ‘a Greek,' i.e., a heathen by religion, ‘a Syro-Phoenician by nation.' The Phoenicians were the descendants of the remnant of the old Canaanites.

Came out. Probably from a distance.

Son of David. She knew and probably shared in the Messianic hopes of the Jews. At least she had heard of our Lord, and believed that He could help her. Her request; Have mercy on me, exhibits her faith, far more than the title she used.

Grievously possessed with a demon, lit, ‘badly demonized.' Such possessions were therefore not confined to the Jews.

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