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Mark 7

Mark 7:24

The Faith of the Gentile Woman · Mark 7:24–30
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Translations

Modern
Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.
Traditional
And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
Literal
And from there having risen up, He went away into the borders of Tyre. And having entered into a house, He was wanting no one to know it, and He was not able to be hidden.
Latin
Et inde surgens abiit in fines Tyri et Sidonis: et ingressus domum, neminem voluit scire, et non potuit latere.

Interlinear

Greek
English
Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.

Notes

Mark 7:24

  • The city of Tyre and its nearby areas are on the Mediterranean coast in modern Lebanon. Tyre was originally an island but became a peninsula when Alexander the Great built a half-mile ramp from the shore in 332 BC.

    Tyre had one of the most important harbors on the eastern Mediterranean Sea. People from Tyre had previously come to hear Jesus and see his miracles (3:7–8). This explains how the woman from Tyre knew about him.

  • There is much discussion about why Jesus left Galilee to visit this Gentile (non-Jewish) region. Mark does not explain the reason, so any suggestion is only a guess.

    However, Mark’s Gentile audience would have understood this journey as pointing ahead to the church’s mission to the Gentile world. This mission later led to their own coming to faith (for more about how the church began in Rome, see Romans Book Introduction).

Mark 7:24–30

The discussion of clean and unclean and of undefiled and defiled in 7:1–23 has prepared Mark's audience for the story of the Gentile woman’s faith. Jews considered Gentiles to be defiled because they did not keep the regulations of the Torah (see Acts 10:1–11:18, especially 10:14–15; 11:2–3, 8–9).

Theme notes and profiles

The Secret of the Messiah

Events

Parallels

Matthew 15:21–28

Places

Sidon: Phoenician city; home of Jezebel Tyre: A major Phoenician port city, known for its trade

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Canaan, Canaanite Corban Heal, Healing Lebanon Mark, Gospel of Miracle Nations Pharisees Talitha Cumi Travel Tyre

Topics

Faith: Trial of The Syrophoenician Woman Jesus, the Christ: Heals the Daughter of the Syro-Phoenician Woman (Near Tyre and Sidon) Jesus, the Christ: Miracles of The Daughter of the Syro-Phoenician Woman Healed Miracles of Jesus, in Chronological Order: Heals the Daughter of the Non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician Woman Recreation (Rest): Jesus Takes, from the Pressures of his Ministry Sidon: Jesus Visits the Region of, and Heals the Daughter of the Non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician Woman Syro-Phoenician: The Nationality of a Non-Jewish Woman Whose Daughter Was Cured by Jesus The Sidonians: Formerly a Part of the Phoenician Nation Tyre: Christ: Visited the Coasts of Tyre: City of Heals the Daughter of the Non-Jewish, Syrophenician Woman Near