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MARK 7:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“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.

Church Fathers on Mark 7:26

After that the Lord had finished His teaching concerning food, seeing that the Jews were incredulous, He enters into the country of the Gentiles, for the Jews being unfaithful, salvation turns itself to the Gentiles.

Theophylact · 11th century

But if He wished to do so and could not, it appears as if His will was impotent; it is not possible however that our Saviour’s will should not be fulfilled, nor can He will a thing, which He knows ought not be.

Pseudo-Augustine · 5th century · Quaest e Vet. et N. Test. 77

Having entered also into the house, He commanded His disciples not to betray who He was to anyone in this unknown region, that they, on whom He had bestowed the grace of healing, might learn by His example, as far as they could, to shrink from the glory of human praise in the shewing forth of their miracles; yet they were not to cease from the pious work of virtue, when either the faith of the good justly deserved that miracles should be done, or the unfaithfulness of the…

Bede · 8th century · in Marc., 2, 30
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