Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 15:22
Behold, a woman of Canaan. The name Canaan was the oldest bestowed
upon the country, and all the heathen inhabitants were often called
Canaanites, whether of the same stock or not. Mark says that the woman
was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician (Mark 7:26); i.e., a Gentile, and a
Syro-Phoenician, because she lived in the district of Syria called
Phoenicia.
Have mercy on me. She has a boon to ask for her daughter, or
rather indeed for herself, for so entirely had she made her daughter's
misery her own.
O Lord, [thou] son of David. It is remarkable that two of the
brightest examples of faith seen in the ministry of Christ were
exhibited by Gentiles, that of the centurion (Matthew 8:8-10), and of
this woman. The fact that the latter addresses Jesus as "the son of
David", shows that she knew of the prophecies concerning the Christ and
that he would be the son of David.
My daughter is grievously afflicted with a devil. More correctly,
"a demon". See PNT "Mt 8:29".
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 15:11
Matthew 15:22
Mark 7:24
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