Mark 7:26-29 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

See here, I. How humbly Christ was pleased to conceal himself. Never man was so cried up as he was in Galilee, and therefore, to teach us, though not to decline any opportunity of doing good, yet not to be fond of popular applause, he arose from thence, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, where he was little known; and there he entered, not into a synagogue, or place of concourse, but into a private house, and he would have no man to know it; because it was foretold concerning him, He... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 7:24-30

7:24-30 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 woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him, she immediately came and threw herself at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, "First of all you must let the children eat their fill; it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 7:26

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 woman of Canaan, as she is said to be in Matthew 15:22 , for though the land of Israel in general, was called the land of Canaan, yet there was a particular part, which was at first inhabited by Canaan himself, which bore this name; and is the same with Phoenicia, of which this woman was an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 7:27

But Jesus said unto her ,.... Not directly and immediately, upon her first request; for he answered not a word to that; but after his, disciples had desired she might be sent away, her cries being so troublesome to them; and after she had renewed her request to him; see Matthew 15:23 . Let the children first be filled : according to this method, our Lord directed his apostles, and they proceeded: as he himself was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, he ordered his disciples... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 7:28

And she answered and said unto him, yes, Lord ,.... Agreeing to, and acquiescing in, what he said; which she seemed to have understood, though delivered in a proverbial way; and very appropriately replies, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs ; which they leave, or let fall: signifying that she did not envy the blessings of the Jews, or desire any thing might be done injurious to them; only that this favour might be granted her, which she owned she was unworthy of,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 7:29

And he said unto her, for this saying ,.... Or word of faith; in which she expressed such great faith in him: the Persic version reads it, "go thy way; for with the blessing of this word, the devil is gone out of thy daughter": as if this saying referred to the word Christ, and the divine power that went along with it, to the ejection of the devil; when it refers to the saying of the woman, and not to the words of Christ, which follow, go thy way ; in peace, thy request is granted; it is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 7:26

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 Ethiopians. Jews and Greeks divided the whole world at this period. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

The alien's faith. In quest of repose and retirement, the Lord Jesus often, even during the busiest periods of his ministry withdrew from crowded cities and busy shores to some accessible seclusion. On this occasion he traveled to the borders of Phoenicia, but though so far from his accustomed resorts, he was known and sought and followed. From Tyre and Sidon people had already, attracted by his fame, found their way to the neighborhood of Capernaum, to hear his discourses and to behold... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

The prayer of the Syro-phoenician woman. An atmosphere of publicity about Christ: crowds follow him wherever they hear of his presence, and even in strange regions his fame anticipates him. The many who took advantage of his power to heal are forgotten in the special ease which now presented itself. This may have been the spiritual result of many unsatisfactory cases in which the cure only affected the body; the rumor of them awoke at least one heart to a new sense of spiritual power.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

The heathen mother. I. THE HEATHEN AND THE JEW . 1 . In general, no relation could be more bitter ; no estrangement more wide. No modem analogy can well enable us to realize this. They were "wide as the poles asunder." 2 . Jesus the Reconciler. In him there is neither Jew nor heathen. This sublime truth was first to be made clear by his own conduct. All truths must be represented in practice if the world is to receive them. Christ did not deal in the sentiment of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 7:24-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 7:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 7:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 7:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 7:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 7:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

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