Mark Chapter 7, Verse 26
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26: ην δε η γυνη ελληνις συροφοινισσα τω γενει και ηρωτα αυτον ινα το δαιμονιον εκβαλλη εκ της θυγατρος αυτης
26: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she
besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her
daughter.
26: For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she
besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
A Greek. The Jews called all persons Greeks who were not of their nation. Compare Rom 1:14. The whole world was considered as divided into Jews and Greeks. Though she might not have been strictly a Greek, yet she came under this general appellation.
- "Greek" or, "Gentile"
