Originally posted by frogstompMaybe I'm missing something, but it is like he is saying "You're from the wrong side of the country, sister. I'm not here for you but to the lost of Israel." Then he says it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. He is calling this woman a dog.
I dont see any racism in it, especially since they were of the same race. Toast aint nothing but burnt bread anyway.
Originally posted by kirksey957So what if she's ugly? He still did what she asked of him ,didn't he?
Maybe I'm missing something, but it is like he is saying "You're from the wrong side of the country, sister. I'm not here for you but to the lost of Israel." Then he says it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. He is calling this woman a dog.
btw from Mark:
7.25But immediately a woman, whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet. 7.26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoeni'cian by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 7.27And he said to her, "Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 7.28But she answered him, "Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." 7.29And he said to her, "For this saying you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter." 7.30And she went home, and found the child lying in bed, and the demon gone.
Originally posted by frogstompOK, this is good. Now we're gettin to the meat of this here passage. So we see a change in attitude for Jesus. What I most often hear about this passage is that Jesus was testing her faith.
So what if she's ugly? He still did what she asked of him ,didn't he?
Tell me why you think he changed.
and here's Mathew:
15.22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." 15.23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying after us." 15.24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 15.25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." 15.26 And he answered, "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 15.27 She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." 15.28 Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.