Mark 7:26

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

The Syro-phoenician woman. Now, in prudence, not in fear, Jesus withdraws from the districts under Herod's jurisdiction, where he had created sufficient excitement to expose him to hindrance both by friends and foes. He fain would hide himself in secret. "He entered into a house, and would have no man know it;" but it was unavailing—"he could not be hid." One at least sought him out with an eager intrusiveness which was only justified by the greatness and pressing nature of her need—"a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:24-30

Parallel passage: Matthew 15:21-28 .— Daughter of a Syro-phoenician woman healed. I. OUR LORD 'S WITHDRAWAL INTO THE REGION OF TYRE AND SIDON , Our Lord's retirement at this time into the region indicated was probably occasioned by a desire to avoid the further attention and inquiries of Herod, and perhaps his presence also there in his tetrarchy, which comprised Galilee and Peraea; while it may have been a symbolic intimation of the mercy in store for, and ere... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:25-27

The construction of this verse is Hebraistic (see Acts 15:17 ). Instead of ἀκούσασα γὰρ , the approved reading is ἀλλ εὐθὺς ἀκούσασα : But straightway a woman, whose young daughter literally, little daughter ; St. Mark is fond of diminutives— had an unclean spirit . All ages were liable to this incursion of unclean spirits. The woman seems to have come from a distance. She was a Greek —that is, a Gentile— a Syro-phoenician by race , as distinguished from the Libyan... read more

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