Topic
Syrophenician
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Matthew 15:21Easton
¶ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
- Matthew 15:23Easton
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
- Mark 7:26Easton
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 the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
“a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation” (Mark 7:26), i.e., a Gentile born in the Phoenician part of Syria. (See PHENICIA.)
When our Lord retired into the borderland of Tyre and Sidon (Matt. 15:21), a Syro-phoenician woman came to him, and earnestly besought him, in behalf of her daughter, who was grievously afflicted with a demon. Her faith in him was severely tested by his silence (Matt. 15:23), refusal (24), and seeming reproach that it was not meet to cast the children’s bread to dogs (26). But it stood the test, and her petition was graciously granted, because of the greatness of her faith (28).
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.