“The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.”
The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter — the triple identification of the woman's Gentile identity (Greek, Syrian Phoenicia) communicates that her status as an outsider to the Jewish covenant is explicit and known by all parties. She begged Jesus (erōta, asked, implored) — the same urgent requesting that characterizes every healing request in chapters 5–6. The specific request — drive the demon out — is the same request made for others throughout the Galilean ministry, now made by and for a Gentile.
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