Whenever i read or heard the pericope about the syrophoenician woman, i was struck by the harshness of. Aug 30, 2018 in her response, the syrophoenician woman extends jesus riddle. The episode of jesus encounter with the syrophoenician woman in mark. Also, the mentality that wendell speaks about in the book of the sacrament will take care of. And she pleaded with him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter. In jn 4, with the woman at the well, jesus foretells the doing away with worship in jerusalem. The terms canaanite and canaan, which in the earlier books of the old testament were often applied in a wider sense to all the original inhabitants of what was afterwards the land of israel genesis 10.
In todays passage, the syrophoenician woman is happy to get the crumbs of the kingdom. In other words, she is implicitly impure, one who lives outside of the land of israel and outside of the law of moses, a descendant of the ancient enemies of israel. Jesus was attempting to make a point by playing on their prejudices, showing how her faith as a gentile eclipsed their own as gods people. The epistles in the new testament, for instance, give explicit commands to believers about how women should behave in. Jesus initially refuses to cast out a devil from a syrophoenician womans. Jesus encounter with the syrophoenician women is number 421 on his list. The syrophoenician woman pericope is found in mark 7. Audio commentaries the syrophoenician woman by joe fochts commentary on mark 7. In both gospels, this story follows an incident between jesus and the. When you can hear the voices of the actors in your head speaking just as the author writes, you know you are in for a good time. In this biblical passage, a woman, named as a syrophoenician, with a demonpossessed daughter persuades jesus to heal the girl. Jesus encounter with the syrophoenician women is number 529 on his list.
They were of the opinion of we had to do it, so should they. In todays bible reading jesus met a woman who was considered by others to be an outsider who couldnt possibly be drawn to god. In this video download of session 12, the syrophoenician woman by naomi zacharias, you will learn how to keep your faith over long periods of unanswered prayer and gain confidence and in jesus. I wrote this biblical commentary for those preparing to preach or teach on the passage. The woman was a greekthat is, a gentile, as in the margin. What is worse from ancient jewish perspective is that she was a woman. The woman was a greek, by race a phoenician from syria. That means she was a gentile, someone a good jew would have despised, rejected, and wanted to ignore. Peter petts commentary on the bible now the woman was a greek, a syrophoenician by race.
Story of the syrophoenician woman recorded in the bible in mark 7. Dean breidenthal, in a sermon posted under the auspices of the princeton university office of. Juvenal uses the same term, as was remarked by justin martyr and tertullian. Testamentum graece et latine, and from metzger, bruce. Sep 07, 2007 exegesis from the year 1996 in the subject theology biblical theology, grade. She was steadfast and resilient in her request of the lord. A, university of dayton, ohio, 15 entries in the bibliography, language. I like both miracle stories, but, for todays sermon, lets focus on the first, the healing of the syrophoenician womans daughter. Just as jesus, a short time later, would suffer rejection and humiliation to save us. After the farmer assessed the situation, he decided that the best course of action was to shovel dirt into the well. Did the syrophoenician woman teach jesus to be jesus. Book of daniel from the king james version of the bible. The woman from the borders of tyre and sidon whose daughter jesus healed is described as a greek, a syrophoenician by race mark 7. The fact that the woman touches jesus, though, because of purity regulations, means that she would have in fact, made jesus impure.
The syrophoenician womans faith from there he set out and went away to the region of tyre. Candace, the syrophoenician woman, racism, you and me. Childrens bible stories scriptures and adaptations on jesus healing the daughter of a syrophoenician mother. Jesus heals the daughter of a syrophenician woman kings. Many of the women in my bible study were in this camp. But it turned out that she had great faith in jesus.
A popularlevel commentary of the two prophetic books penned by jeremiah the syrophoenician woman. The story of the syrophoenician woman is found in the bible in mark 7. As there was no country of canaan at that time, the term may be a semitic identification of reference by the jews to the phoenicians. This topic also came up in my bible study one time and it was enlightening. Mark 7 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. There is the story of how an old dog fell into a farmers well.
Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. The woman who approaches jesus breaks through every traditional barrier that should prevent her from doing so. The syrophoenician woman hears rumors as to where they are and goes to the house. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spiritor, as in matthew matthew 15. Antagonists of jesus use it to call him a cold, impassive, uncaring racist who cruelly insults a woman, calling her nothing more than a dog. It is one of only two times where jesus healed a gentile. The story of the storytellers the gospel of mark from. When jesus sent the twelve apostles on the limited commission, he told them. She was a greek, although not by race for she was a syrophoenician. The country, including tyre and sidon, was called phoenicia, or syrophoenicia. For example, the prolific infidel steve wells documented hundreds of cases of alleged intolerance in the biblical text. I received this book as a present, and i think the person who gave it to me didnt realize that it was a bible studytype book, and thought it was more narrativedescription about the women in the bible. New insights build from materialist approaches to scripture, and taken together, the figure of the syrophoenician woman as set in her likely social.
He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. When the syrophoenician woman came to jesus begging, he called her a dog, which is how the disciples and jewish onlookers would have viewed her. Sep 23, 2015 the faith of the syrophoenician woman mark 7. The exorcism of the syrophoenician woman s daughter refers to an event, in which the syrophoenician woman is a character who is credited with several lines of dialogue. Apologetics press was jesus unkind to the syrophoenician woman. Syrophoenician woman, approaching god with persistency and. Reminiscent of the woman who pursued the unjust judge, she reminds us to always pray and never give up cf. The shock generated by jesus initial response to the syrophoenician woman both in referring to her as a dog, and in making her state her case though she has prostrated herself before him and is already begging him to help, seem to lend credence to the idea he is testing her. It is important to understand that centuries of bad blood have passed between jesus, a jew, and this syrophonecian woman and what she represents. Mary is not mentioned by name, but she was almost certainly there in the first incident, mary is a good jewish mother at. And jesus, as the text tells us, did not want anything to do with her at first. The episode of jesus encounter with the syrophoenician woman in mark 7.
So the syrophoenician woman returned to her daughter, who was delivered from the evil spirit the very same hour that jesus had spoken. Share flipboard email print a woman shows faith in jesus and begs him to heal her daughter. Each video in this 6 week series lasts 15 minutes and covers one woman of the bible to whom we can relate today. Placed immediately after a discussion of purity in both matthew and mark, jesus encounter with this gentile woman brings out the. While it is true that the term kurios can be used as a common term of respect cf. Welcome welcome to the women of the bible video series. In response to her faith jesus heard her prayer and healed her daughter. The good news is that in the overflow of mercy and grace that comes to us from the hands of god, though we should be satisfied with crumbs, he is not satisfied with giving us crumbs. There are two stories about mary in marks gospel, and they are rather shocking. Mark, like matthew, makes absolutely clear that the woman was not of the jewish race. Rather, she develops the scenario of jesus allegory so that she and her daughter have a place in itthus, in her response, the syrophoenician woman not only stays within the jewish perspective of jesus riddle. Lessons from the syrophoenician woman 31 days of women from scripture volume 2 day 16 ask with confidence day sixteen. The woman was a greek, a syrophenician by nation, and she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
I know that we can learn from this episode in the life of jesus. Her great faith resulted in her daughters deliverance. Mark 7 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on the. Now the woman was a gentile, of syrophoenician origin. In his account of jesus encounter with the syrophoenician woman, matthew recorded that jesus said. This seems to mean that she was of canaanite descent, a native of the phoenician seaboard, greek in. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. Turn with me in your bibles to matthew 15, and we will be reading in a moment from verse 21 through to verse 28. Two gospels contain the story of a gentile woman who approaches jesus on. The woman from the borders of tyre and sidon whose daughter jesus healed is described as a greek, a syrophoenician by race, and again as a canaanitish woman matthew 15. This video can be used for personal reflection or for group discussion with the companion pdf or printed participants guide sold separately. Jesus is seeking to withdraw from public attention, needing some time for rest and recuperation, but as characteristic of his portayal in marks gospel he is unable to keep his presence secret.
So this lesson will focus on the meeting with the canaanite woman. Syrophoenician woman pdf download download by joanne flath. The woman is culturally and religiously notable because of her interaction with jesus, and her race and gender. I like both miracle stories, but, for todays sermon, lets focus on the first, the healing of the syrophoenician woman s daughter. The first term describes her religion, that she was a gentile.
Jesus heals the daughter of a syrophoenician woman matthew 15. That jesus freed her daughter from spiritual bondage. Check out all the wonderful christian content linked below and learn more about this healing miracle. Exegesis from the year 1996 in the subject theology biblical theology, grade. Jesus initially refuses her request by saying, it is not right to take the childrens bread and toss it to the dogs matthew 15.
The first words of this narrative show that the incident followed, in. Weymouth bible now the woman was a greek, a syrophoenician by race. The syrophoenician woman was willing to do whatever it took, even if it meant rejection and humiliation, to save her suffering child. I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel 15. The story of the syrophoenician woman is found in mark 7. The application to draw from the account of the syrophoenician woman about persistence is that we must not lose heart when answers delay but pray without ceasing, 1 thessalonians 5. The faith of a gentile woman reformed bible studies. Jesus commends the womans logos reasoning but says nothing about pistis faith strange, perhaps, in light of other markan passages that connect faith to receiving blessings 2. The gospel of mark a story of secrecy and misunderstanding.
Consider with me why our lord described this gentile lady as a woman of. First, as ben witherington notes in his sociorhetorical commentary. As a result, jesus ministry moves in new directions with a new urgency toward an increasingly broad audience. Carey biblical teaching on women comes from a variety of genres within scripture. A woman of canaan this woman is called, also, a greek, a syrophoenician by birth, mark 7. In the story of the syrophoenician woman, jesus states, it is not right to take the childrens bread and toss it to their dogs.
Though a gentile, she addressed jesus as lord, son of david. Yes, lord, she said, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters table. The phoenicians were descended from the canaanites. The woman was a greek that is, a gentile, as in the margin a syrophoenician by nation so called as inhabiting the phoenician tract of syria. Syrophoenician definition and meaning bible dictionary. In ancient times, the whole land, including tyre and sidon, was in the possession of the canaanites, and called canaan. This miracle is a hinge to show the movement from the jews to the gentiles. The syrophoenician woman the story of the syrophoenician woman, found in matthew 15. The story of the syrophoenician woman, like the healing of the paralytic 2. I think that if someone wanted a book for bible study, especially women in the book, this would be a three or fourstar book.
Life after death experience nde with steve gardipee, vietnam war story one of the best ndes duration. Websters bible she was a gentile woman, a syrophoenician by nation. Three times in matthews record, the syrophoenician woman acknowledged jesus as lord. Syrophoenician definition of syrophoenician by merriamwebster. Syrophoenician definition is of or relating to the roman province of syrophoenicia. This seems to mean that she was of canaanite descent, a native of the phoenician seaboard, greek in religion, and probably also in speech. The faith of a gentile woman jesus said to the syrophoenician woman, let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the childrens bread and throw it to the dogs. The syrophoenician woman 10292018 women of the bible. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. A woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about jesus, and came and fell down at his feet. Jesus said to the woman because you said this, you may go. The characters seem all mixed up, with jesus as the rude antagonist and a pagan woman as the righteous defender of the faith. Syrophoenician definition and meaning bible study tools.
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