Matthew 15: 28; Mark 7: 29 The Faith of a Canaanite Woman Matthew 15: 21 - 28.
O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.
This passage was spoken by Jesus about halfway through to toward the end of His earthly ministry. Popular opinion was turning against Him and He had to flee for His life. This story takes place in the area of Tyre and Sidon, North of the kingdom of Israel in a pagan stronghold. You need to remember this for this story to make any sense. The Bible refers to her as a Canaanite woman, this could be because of where she lived, or refers to her religious beliefs or both; the Bible does not say if she was a believer or not. We first meet this woman crying out to Jesus saying "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon." This is very interesting, Jesus came to this region because the Jews did not believe His claims to be the Messiah and the Son of God. Jesus fled to this area because He knew that the Jews here would not know Him or His agenda. Look at what this woman tells Him, "O Lord, Son of David." She just told Jesus, she knows exactly who He is, and where He came from! Jesus ignores her. This seems very much unlike the Jesus, we have come to know from previous passages in the Gospels. Why did Jesus seem to ignore her? I see I am running out of space for this post, so I will have to continue next post.
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