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"A Woman's Faith"
Mark 7.24-37
Good News Translation (GNT)
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24 Then Jesus left and went away to the territory
near the city of Tyre. He went into a house
and did not want anyone to know he was
there, but he could not stay hidden.
25 A woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit in
her, heard about Jesus and came to him at
once and fell at his feet.
26 The woman was a Gentile, born in the
region of Phoenicia in Syria. She begged
Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus answered, "Let us first feed the
children. It isn't right to take the children's food
and throw it to the dogs."
28 "Sir," she answered, "even the dogs under the
table eat the children's leftovers!"
29 So Jesus said to her, "Because of that answer,
go back home, where you will find that the
demon has gone out of your daughter!"
30 She went home and found her child lying on
the bed; the demon had indeed gone out of
her.
Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute
31 Jesus then left the neighbourhood of Tyre
and went on through Sidon to Lake Galilee,
going by way of the territory of the Ten Towns.
32 Some people brought him a man who was
deaf and could hardly speak, and they begged
Jesus to place his hands on him.
33 So Jesus took him off alone, away from the
crowd, put his fingers in the man's ears, spat,
and touched the man's tongue.
34 Then Jesus looked up to heaven, gave a deep
groan, and said to the man,"Ephphatha," which
means, "Open up!"
35 At once the man was able to hear, his speech
impediment was removed, and he began to
talk without any trouble.
36 Then Jesus ordered the people not to speak of
it to anyone; but the more he ordered them
not to, the more they told it.
37 And all who heard were completely amazed.
"How well he does everything!" they exclaimed.
"He even causes the deaf to hear and the
dumb to speak!"
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Commentary taken from
'The Applied New Testament Commentary'
(Kingsway)
The Faith of a Syrophoenician
Woman
Mark 7.24-37
Jesus needed a day of rest.
However, a woman whose daughter was demon-possessed,
came to ask Him to heal her daughter.
The woman was born in Syrian Pheonicia, that is, modern Syria.
The people from that place were first called "Canaanites"
Then Jesus said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel" -
that is, to the Jews.
He said this to test her faith. He said to her,
"First let the children (the Jews) eat all they want...
for it is not right to take the children's bread
and toss it to the dogs (the Gentiles)."
In any house, the children are fed first, and afterward the animals.
That is, first the Jews should have a chance to hear the Gospel
of salvation. Only afterward would the Gospel be preached to the Gentiles.
In the beginning, God had said to Abraham,
"... all peoples on earth will be blessed through you".
And this has indeed come to pass: through Abraham's descendant,
Jesus, all nations of the earth have been blessed.
The woman was clever. The dogs eat the crumbs even while the
children are eating; they don't have to wait until later.
If Jesus gave her only a "crumb," that would be enough to heal
her daughter.
This woman had more faith in Jesus than even His own disciples had!
She understood who Jesus was.
Even crumbs from Jesus are the bread of life.
Jesus answered her: "Woman, you have great faith!".
He didn't even go to the house where the daughter was,
but healed her from a distance.
The Healing of a Deaf and Dumb Man
Jesus then returned to the region of the Decapolis - the ten cities -
where he had first healed the man possessed by many demons.
There he healed a man who was deaf and could hardly talk.
In addition to using His word to heal the man,
Jesus also used His own saliva.
Jesus then ordered the man not to tell anyone but he did not obey.
People learn to speak mainly by hearing themselves and others speak,
therefore, those who are born deaf usually cannot speak properly.
But if their ears are opened, they can then learn to speak.
It is the same with spiritual things.
When our ears are opened to hear God's voice,
then our tongue shall be loosened to praise Him
and to witness to Him.
The people were amazed when they saw the dumb speaking,
the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing.
Truly the prophecy of Isaiah had been fulfilled by Jesus:
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the dumb shout for joy (Isaiah 35:5-6)
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