Mark 7:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 7:24-30

See this miracle explained in the notes at Matthew 15:21-28.Mark 7:24Would have no man know it - To avoid the designs of the Pharisees he wished to be retired.Mark 7:26A Greek - The Jews called all persons “Greeks” who were not of their nation. Compare Romans 1:14. The whole world was considered as divided into Jews and Greeks. Though she might not have been strictly a “Greek,” yet she came under this general appellation as a foreigner. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 7:24-26

Mark 7:24-26. 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 Namely, that he was there, or, know him. Jesus, knowing that the Pharisees were highly offended at the liberty which he had taken in the preceding discourse, in plucking off from them the mask of pretended piety, wherewith they had covered their malevolent spirit and conduct, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

FURTHER WORK IN THE NORTH70. In Tyre and Sidon (Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30)To get some peace and quiet away from the crowds, Jesus and his disciples went out of Palestine to the Gentile towns of Tyre and Sidon on the Phoenician coast (Matthew 15:21; Mark 7:24). When a woman of that area asked Jesus to drive a demon out of her daughter, he tested the genuineness of her faith before helping her. At first he did not answer; but the woman persisted (Matthew 15:22-23).Jesus then told the woman... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 7:26

The woman But (or Now) the woman. Greek = Gentile, Greek. hellenis . Used in a general sense for non-Jewish. Syrophenician . Phenicia in Syria, to distinguish it from Phenicia in North Africa (Libyo-Phenicia). besought. App-134 . Not the same word as in Mark 7:22 . the devil = the demon: the spirit of Mark 7:25 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 7:26

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.A Greek ... The word thus translated actually means "Gentile" (English Revised Version (1885) margin), her race being Syro-Phoenician. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 7:26

26. The woman was a Greek—that is, "a Gentile," as in the Margin. a Syrophoelignician by nation—so called as inhabiting the Phoelignician tract of Syria. JUVENAL uses the same term, as was remarked by JUSTIN MARTYR and TERTULLIAN. Matthew (Matthew 15:22) calls her "a woman of Canaan"—a more intelligible description to his Jewish readers (compare Judges 1:30; Judges 1:32; Judges 1:33). and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter—"She cried unto Him, saying, Have... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 7:24-30

4. Jesus’ teaching about bread and the exorcism of a Phoenician girl 7:24-30 (cf. Matthew 15:21-28)Jesus increased His ministry to Gentiles as He experienced increasing rejection from the Jews. This third withdrawal from Galilee took Jesus outside Palestine for the first time. Mark also recorded Jesus doing more things outside Galilee and fewer things within Galilee than the other evangelists. By pointing this out Mark helped his readers realize that ministry to Gentiles was God’s will in view... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 7:25-26

"Syrophoenician" combines the terms Syrian and Phoenician. Phoenicia was a part of the larger Roman province of Syria. Other Phoenicians lived elsewhere since they were a great seafaring and commercial people. For example, the Libyo-Phoenicians lived in North Africa. [Note: Wessel, p. 682.] The woman who heard about Jesus and sought Him out was a Gentile. Demons were afflicting her young daughter (cf. Mark 7:30). Her persistent request for help demonstrated her faith in Jesus. She believed... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 7:1-37

Eating with Unwashed Hands. the Syrophoenician Woman. Healing of a Deaf Man1-23. Eating with unwashed hands (Matthew 15:1). See on Mt.3, 4. A note added by St. Mark for the benefit of his Gentile readers, who would not be familiar with Jewish customs. St. Matthew’s Jewish readers needed no such explanation. 3. Wash their hands oft] lit. ’wash their hands with the fist.’ The Jewish custom was to wash the hands up to the wrist, and that is probably the meaning here, although it is hard to extract... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 7:24-30

(24-30) And from thence he arose.—See Notes on Matthew 15:21-28.Tyre and Sidon.—The better MSS. omit the latter name here, and reserve it for Mark 7:31, where see Note.Entered into an house.—The fact is peculiar to St. Mark, and seems specified as an indication of our Lord’s wish to avoid publicity. read more

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