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Mark 7:26 Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
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She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/mark/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter. Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/mark/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/mark/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Now the woman was Gentile, Syrophoenician by race, and kept asking Him that He should cast forth the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/mark/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/mark/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/mark/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician descent. And she <i>repeatedly</i> asked Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/mark/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/mark/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/mark/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician descent. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/mark/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now the woman was a Gentile (Greek), a Syrophoenician by nationality. And she kept pleading with Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/mark/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she was asking him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/mark/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demon out of her daughter. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/mark/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/mark/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The woman was Greek and had been born in the part of Syria known as Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to force the demon out of her daughter. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/mark/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/mark/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The woman happened to be Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She asked him to force the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/mark/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The woman was a Gentile, born in the region of Phoenicia in Syria. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/mark/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the woman happened to be a Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She kept asking him to drive the demon out of her daughter. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/mark/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/mark/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/mark/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/mark/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />(The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation,) and she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />She was a Gentile woman, a Syro-phoenician by nation: and again and again she begged Him to expel the demon from her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/mark/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/mark/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Now the woman was Gentile, Syrophoenician by race, and kept asking Him that He should cast forth the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/mark/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/mark/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the woman was a Grecian, a Syrophenician by birth; and she entreated him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/mark/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/mark/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For the woman was a Gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician. And she petitioned him, so that he would cast the demon from her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/mark/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/mark/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/mark/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But the woman was a heathen, from Phoenicia in Syria; and she besought him to cast out the demon from her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/mark/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But she was a pagan woman from Phoenicia of Syria, and she was begging him to cast out the demon from her daughter.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/mark/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />(the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation,) and she besought him to cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/mark/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and asked Him that He may cast the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/mark/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by birth, and she entreated him that the devil might be cast out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/mark/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />entreated him to force the demon out of her daughter; now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />She was a Gentile woman, a Syro-phoenician by nation: and again and again she begged Him to expel the demon from her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/mark/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she kept asking Him to cast forth the demon out of her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/mark/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />(now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation,) and she besought Him to cast out the demon from her daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/mark/7-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmwDTC71zvQ?start=2262" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/mark/7.htm">The Faith of the Gentile Woman</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">Now</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēn (V-IIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">she was</a> <a href="/greek/1674.htm" title="1674: Hellēnis (N-NFS) -- A female Greek. Feminine of Hellen; a Grecian woman.">a Greek</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynē (N-NFS) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">woman</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/4949.htm" title="4949: Syrophoinikissa (N-NFS) -- Feminine of a compound of Suros and the same as Phoinike; a Syro-phoenician woman, i.e. A female native of Phoenicia in Syria.">Syrophoenician</a> <a href="/greek/1085.htm" title="1085: genei (N-DNS) -- Offspring, family, race, nation, kind. From ginomai; kin.">origin,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2065.htm" title="2065: ērōta (V-IIA-3S) -- Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.">she kept asking</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that."></a> <a href="/greek/1544.htm" title="1544: ekbalē (V-ASA-3S) -- To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject.">to drive</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1140.htm" title="1140: daimonion (N-ANS) -- An evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity. Neuter of a derivative of daimon; a d?Monic being; by extension a deity.">demon</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">out of</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēs (PPro-GF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">her</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2364.htm" title="2364: thygatros (N-GFS) -- Apparently a primary word; a female child, or descendant.">daughter.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">27</span>“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-22.htm">Matthew 15:22-28</a></span><br />And 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.” / But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” / He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-9.htm">John 4:9</a></span><br />“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Acts 10:28</a></span><br />He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-16.htm">Romans 1:16</a></span><br />I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a></span><br />There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11-13</a></span><br />Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)— / remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. / But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6-7</a></span><br />And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant— / I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-8.htm">1 Kings 17:8-16</a></span><br />Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: / “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” / So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a></span><br />Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a></span><br />I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a></span><br />He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/11-18.htm">Acts 11:18</a></span><br />When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-8.htm">Romans 15:8-9</a></span><br />For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs, / so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25-27</a></span><br />But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. / Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon. / And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-20.htm">John 12:20-21</a></span><br />Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast. / They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she sought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.</p><p class="hdg">Greek.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-12.htm">Isaiah 49:12</a></b></br> Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a></b></br> There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/colossians/3-11.htm">Colossians 3:11</a></b></br> Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond <i>nor</i> free: but Christ <i>is</i> all, and in all.</p><p class="hdg">a Syrophenician.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/15-22.htm">Matthew 15:22</a></b></br> And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, <i>thou</i> Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/6-56.htm">Begged</a> <a href="/mark/6-56.htm">Besought</a> <a href="/matthew/24-8.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/matthew/26-24.htm">Born</a> <a href="/mark/6-13.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/mark/7-25.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/mark/5-18.htm">Demon</a> <a href="/mark/5-18.htm">Devil</a> <a href="/mark/7-25.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/mark/3-23.htm">Expel</a> <a href="/mark/7-23.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/matthew/18-17.htm">Gentile</a> <a href="/revelation/9-11.htm">Greek</a> <a href="/mark/7-24.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/mark/6-41.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Phoenicia</a> <a href="/matthew/10-6.htm">Race</a> <a href="/mark/6-25.htm">Request</a> <a href="/mark/7-25.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/daniel/2-4.htm">Syrian</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/7-32.htm">Begged</a> <a href="/mark/7-32.htm">Besought</a> <a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/mark/14-21.htm">Born</a> <a href="/mark/7-27.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/mark/7-29.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/mark/7-29.htm">Demon</a> <a href="/mark/7-29.htm">Devil</a> <a href="/mark/7-29.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/mark/9-18.htm">Expel</a> <a href="/mark/7-29.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Gentile</a> <a href="/luke/23-38.htm">Greek</a> <a href="/mark/7-27.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/mark/7-36.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/acts/11-19.htm">Phoenicia</a> <a href="/acts/4-36.htm">Race</a> <a href="/mark/7-32.htm">Request</a> <a href="/mark/7-29.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/luke/4-27.htm">Syrian</a><div class="vheading2">Mark 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/7-1.htm">The Pharisees find fault with the disciples for eating with unwashed hands.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/7-8.htm">They break the commandment of God by the traditions of men.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/7-14.htm">Food defiles not the man.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/7-24.htm">He heals the Syrophenician woman's daughter of an unclean spirit;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/7-31.htm">and one that was deaf, and stammered in his speech.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Syrophoenician origin points to a specific geographical area, the region of Phoenicia, which is part of modern-day Lebanon. This area was known for its pagan practices and idol worship, which contrasts with the Jewish monotheistic faith. The mention of her origin highlights the cultural and religious barriers that existed between Jews and Gentiles at the time. This encounter foreshadows the later expansion of the Gospel to the Gentiles, as seen in <a href="/acts/10.htm">Acts 10</a> with Peter and Cornelius.<p><b>and she kept asking Jesus</b><br>The persistence of the woman is significant. It demonstrates her faith and desperation, as she continually seeks Jesus' help despite the initial lack of response. This persistence is reminiscent of the parable of the persistent widow in <a href="/luke/18.htm">Luke 18:1-8</a>, which teaches about the importance of persistent prayer. Her actions also reflect a deep belief in Jesus' power to heal, which is a recurring theme in the Gospels where faith is often a prerequisite for miracles (e.g., <a href="/mark/5-34.htm">Mark 5:34</a>).<p><b>to drive the demon out of her daughter</b><br>Demon possession was a recognized affliction in the New Testament, often associated with physical and mental suffering. The request to drive out the demon indicates the woman's belief in Jesus' authority over evil spirits, a theme that is consistent throughout the Gospels (e.g., <a href="/mark/1-34.htm">Mark 1:34</a>, <a href="/mark/5-8.htm">Mark 5:8</a>). This act of exorcism by Jesus not only demonstrates His power over the spiritual realm but also serves as a type of His ultimate victory over Satan and evil, which is fulfilled through His death and resurrection. The deliverance of the woman's daughter can be seen as a precursor to the broader deliverance that Jesus offers to all humanity from sin and evil.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_syrophoenician_woman.htm">The Syrophoenician Woman</a></b><br>A Gentile woman from the region of Phoenicia in Syria. Her persistence in seeking Jesus' help for her demon-possessed daughter is a central focus of this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure of the New Testament, whose ministry often challenged social and religious norms. In this passage, He is approached by the Syrophoenician woman for healing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_daughter.htm">The Daughter</a></b><br>The afflicted child of the Syrophoenician woman, possessed by a demon, whose healing is sought by her mother.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/phoenicia.htm">Phoenicia</a></b><br>A region in ancient Syria, known for its Gentile population, highlighting the cultural and religious barriers present in this encounter.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/demon_possession.htm">Demon Possession</a></b><br>A spiritual affliction that the Syrophoenician woman's daughter suffers from, demonstrating the spiritual warfare present in the New Testament account.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_beyond_boundaries.htm">Faith Beyond Boundaries</a></b><br>The Syrophoenician woman's faith transcends cultural and religious barriers, demonstrating that true faith is recognized by God regardless of background.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/persistence_in_prayer.htm">Persistence in Prayer</a></b><br>Her continual asking illustrates the importance of persistence in prayer, encouraging believers to remain steadfast in seeking God's intervention.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/jesus'_mission_to_all.htm">Jesus' Mission to All</a></b><br>This encounter foreshadows the expansion of Jesus' mission to include Gentiles, affirming the universal scope of the Gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_and_dependence.htm">Humility and Dependence</a></b><br>The woman's approach to Jesus is marked by humility and dependence, serving as a model for how believers should approach God in prayer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/overcoming_prejudices.htm">Overcoming Prejudices</a></b><br>Jesus' interaction with the Syrophoenician woman challenges societal prejudices, encouraging believers to embrace inclusivity and love for all people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_mark_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Mark 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_bethlehem's_biblical_role.htm">What was the purpose of Jesus being anointed?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jesus_claim_to_be_god.htm">Didn't Jesus never actually claim to be God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_luke_7_36-50_compare_to_other_anointings.htm">Luke 7:36-50 - How does the anointing of Jesus by a sinful woman align, or conflict, with other anointing accounts in the Gospels regarding location, timing, and participants?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jesus_call_a_woman_a_'dog'.htm">If Jesus was sinless, why did He call a Gentile woman a 'dog' (Matthew 15:26)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/mark/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">A Greek</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> in the sense which the word had gained in Palestine, a Gentile, as in <a href="/romans/1-16.htm" title="For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.">Romans 1:16</a>; <a href="/context/romans/2-9.htm" title="Tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;">Romans 2:9-10</a>. The modern use of "Frank" in the East for Europeans of every country, offers an analogous extension of the original meaning of a name.<p><span class= "bld">Syrophenician.</span>--The word, which occurs in Juvenal (<span class= "ital">Sat. viii.</span> 159), may be noted as an instance of St. Mark's tendency to use Latin forms. The Emperor Adrian divided the province of Syria into three parts--Syria proper, Syro-Ph?nicia, and Syria-Palaestina--and we may well believe that this official distinction rested on a pre-existing nomenclature.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/mark/7-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she was</span><br /><span class="grk">ἦν</span> <span class="translit">(ēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a Greek</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἑλληνίς</span> <span class="translit">(Hellēnis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1674.htm">Strong's 1674: </a> </span><span class="str2">A female Greek. Feminine of Hellen; a Grecian woman.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">woman</span><br /><span class="grk">γυνὴ</span> <span class="translit">(gynē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1135.htm">Strong's 1135: </a> </span><span class="str2">A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="grk">τῷ</span> <span class="translit">(tō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Dative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Syrophoenician</span><br /><span class="grk">Συροφοινίκισσα</span> <span class="translit">(Syrophoinikissa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4949.htm">Strong's 4949: </a> </span><span class="str2">Feminine of a compound of Suros and the same as Phoinike; a Syro-phoenician woman, i.e. A female native of Phoenicia in Syria.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">origin,</span><br /><span class="grk">γένει</span> <span class="translit">(genei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1085.htm">Strong's 1085: </a> </span><span class="str2">Offspring, family, race, nation, kind. From ginomai; 'kin'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">she kept asking</span><br /><span class="grk">ἠρώτα</span> <span class="translit">(ērōta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2065.htm">Strong's 2065: </a> </span><span class="str2">Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Jesus]</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτὸν</span> <span class="translit">(auton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to drive</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκβάλῃ</span> <span class="translit">(ekbalē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τὸ</span> <span class="translit">(to)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">demon</span><br /><span class="grk">δαιμόνιον</span> <span class="translit">(daimonion)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1140.htm">Strong's 1140: </a> </span><span class="str2">An evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity. Neuter of a derivative of daimon; a d?Monic being; by extension a deity.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">out of</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ek)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῆς</span> <span class="translit">(autēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">daughter.</span><br /><span class="grk">θυγατρὸς</span> <span class="translit">(thygatros)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2364.htm">Strong's 2364: </a> </span><span class="str2">Apparently a primary word; a female child, or descendant.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/mark/7-26.htm">NT Gospels: Mark 7:26 Now the woman was a Greek (Mar Mk Mr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/mark/7-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 7:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 7:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/mark/7-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 7:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 7:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>