Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 7:25

"But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet." — Mark 7:25 (ASV)

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 was possessed by an evil spirit. By nationality the woman was a Syrophoenician (in those days Phoenicia belonged administratively to Syria).