A Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by race (Hελληνισ, Συροφοινικισσα τω γενε). "A Greek in religion, a Syrian in tongue, a Phoenician in r…

A Greek. The Jews called all persons Greeks who were not of their nation. Compare Romans 1:14. The whole world was considered as divided i…

A Greek—that is, in the sense that the word had acquired in Palestine, a Gentile, as in Romans 1:16 and Romans 2:9-10. The modern …

Christ capitulated at once, yielded to the strong arms of conquering prayer and faith, and so the pleading woman had her will.

Theophylact of Ohrid: After the Lord had finished His teaching concerning food, seeing that the Jews were incredulous, He e…

One of the persons who sought out Jesus was a Gentile woman. No doubt she had heard about his healing powers and came to him because her daughter w…

The woman was a Greek
Or Gentile, an Heathen woman, which made her faith the more remarkable. So the Syriac, Persic,…

Christ never turned anyone away who fell at His feet, something a poor, trembling soul can do. As she was a good woman, she was also a good mother.…