Mark 7:26
“The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
But Jesus said unto her,.... Not directly and immediately, upon her first request; for he answered not a word to that;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Mark 7:24-30
See this miracle explained in the notes at Mat 15:21-28. Mar 7:24 Would have no man know it - To avoid the designs of…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The woman was a Greek - Rosenmuller has well observed, that all heathens or idolaters were called Ἑλληνες, Greeks, by…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Mark 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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
a Greek St Matthew describes her as a "woman of Canaan" (Mat 15:22), St Mark calls her a Greek, a Syrophœnician. The…
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