Matthew 15:22
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| Matthew 15:22 | |
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← 15:21 15:23 → | |
,_RP-P-1914-4148.jpg) 'A Canaanite woman kneels before Christ, asking him to heal her daughter' (Matthew 15:21–28; Mark 7:24–30). Print by Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, based on the painting of Drouais (Amsterdam, 1826–1886). | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 15:22 is a verse in the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort, this verse is:
- Καὶ ἰδού, γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκραύγασεν αὐτῷ, λέγουσα, Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, υἱὲ Δαβίδ· ἡ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession."
Analysis
This woman was a Gentile and Phoenician (see Mark 7:26). She is said to have been a Chanaanite, one of the descendants of Chanaan, the son of Cham, and grandson of Noah. The Phoenicians and Chanaanites were the same people, but were called Chanaanites, by the Hebrews, and Phoenicians, by the Greeks. The woman called a "Syro-Phoenician", (Mark 7:26) since she came from the part of Phoenicia that was part of Syria. "Have mercy on me" shows that the woman full bore the affliction of her daughter. Her great faith is shown by the fact that she believed He could cast out devils.[1]
