E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 7:27
Jesus. App-98 . Let the children first be filled. This is a summary of Matthew 15:23 , Matthew 15:24 , and a Divine supplement, here. children . Greek. Plural of teknon. See App-108 . Not the same word as in Mark 7:28 . meet = good, dogs = little or domestic dogs. Greek. kunarion. Dim. of kuon . Occ, only here and Matthew 15:26 , Matthew 15:27 . These were not the pariah dogs of the street, but domestic pets. read more
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