And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. The withdrawal to the Gentile territory of Tyre and Sidon — north of Galilee on the Phoenician coast — is the geographical frame for the Canaanite woman encounter. The same cities that Matthew 11:21 used as the example of pagans who would have repented if they had seen Jesus' miracles are now the setting for a Gentile who demonstrates extraordinary faith.

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