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The Faith of the Gentile Woman

Mark 7:26

In 9 translations

BSB
Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
KJV
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
WEB
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
ASV
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
LSV
and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by nation—and was asking Him that He may cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
YLT
and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation — and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter.
DBY
(and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
DRC
For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
GNV
(And the woman was a Greeke, a Syrophenissian by nation) and she besought him that he would cast out the deuill out of her daughter.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἐκβάλῃ (“He may cast forth”); Textus Receptus read ἐκβάλλῃ (“He may cast forth”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἡ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Tyndale House, Tregelles place δὲ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἦν elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of Συροφοινίκισσα: Textus Receptus: Συροφοινίσσα.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἦν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἦν; Tregelles read ἡ γυνὴ δὲ ἦν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἦν Ἑλληνίς, Συροφοινίκισσα τῷ γένει· καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτὸν ἵνα τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκβάλῃ ἐκ τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς.
RP2018
ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἑλληνίς, Συραφοινίκισσα τῷ γένει· καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτὸν ἵνα τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκβάλῃ ἐκ τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς.
TR-Boyd
ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἑλληνίς, Συροφοίνισσα τῷ γένει· καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτὸν ἵνα τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκβάλλῃ ἐκ τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς.
SCR1894
ην δε η γυνη ελληνις συροφοινισσα τω γενει και ηρωτα αυτον ινα το δαιμονιον εκβαλλη εκ της θυγατρος αυτης

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◆ Healing Canaanite Daughter

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 15:22And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
  • Isaiah 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
  • Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
  • Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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