Mark 7:26

And the woman was (a) heathen, of the generation of Syrophenician. And she prayed him, that he would cast out a devil from her daughter, (or And she beseeched him, that he would throw a demon out of her daughter).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

In Context

25For a woman, anon as she heard of him (or as soon as she heard about him), whose daughter had an unclean spirit, entered, and fell down at his feet.

27And he said to her, Suffer thou (or Allow) that the children be fulfilled first [or Suffer thou that the sons be filled first]; for it is not good to take the bread of children, and give [it] to hounds.

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:12Lo! these men shall come from [a] far, and lo! they shall come from the north, and from the sea, and these from the south land. (Behold! these men shall come from afar, and behold! they (shall come) from the north, and (from) the west, and from the land of Sinim or and from the land of Syene, (that is, from Aswan in the south).)

Galatians 3:28There is no Jew, nor Greek, no bondman, nor free man, no male, nor female; for all ye be one in Christ Jesus (or for all of ye be one in the Messiah Jesus).

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:25-31

The Syrophenician Woman. 24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 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. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the… Read the whole commentary →

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