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Etching by Pietro del Po, The Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman asks Christ to cure, c. 1650.. The woman described in the miracle, the Syrophoenician woman (Mark 7:26; [8] Συροφοινίκισσα, Syrophoinikissa) is also called a "Canaanite" (Matthew 15:22; [9] Χαναναία, Chananaia) and is an unidentified New Testament woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon.
The woman humbly perseveres in her aim, "Yes Lord." Agreeing that she is a worthless dog; and that to such a one the bread of children is not to be cast, still even in this low estate, she claims the need to be attended to. She did not ask for an abundance of bread.
But the more the woman urged her petition, the more He strengthened His denial; for He calls the Jews now not sheep but sons, and the Gentiles dogs; He answered and said unto her, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and give it to dogs." [3] Glossa Ordinaria: "The Jews were born sons, and brought up by the Law in the worship of one ...
Jesus did not defer to a woman simply because she was a woman. He did not hesitate to ask of the woman that she let him drink from her vessel, but he also did not hesitate to offer her a drink of another kind from a Jewish "bucket" as he said to her, "Salvation is of the Jews."
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!
Shortly after this, the woman’s daughter is healed because her faith was so great (Matthew 15:28), despite not being Jewish. Charles Ellicott believes that the "lost sheep of Israel" refers to the Israelites lacking proper leadership. [ 2 ]
Christ and the Canaanite Woman (1594-1595) by Annibale Carracci Christ and the Canaanite Woman is a 1594-1595 oil on canvas painting by Annibale Carracci , now in the Pinacoteca Stuard in Parma . The work was mentioned by Carlo Cesare Malvasia , who, in Felsina Pittrice , called it "the famous Canaanite Woman .
The Latin tradition moved in the opposite direction away from a literal translation of the original Greek term "dog-headed" (kunokephalos). The Latin tradition may have translated the term as "dog-like" (canineus). This later evolved into a misreading as the Latin term Cananeus, 'Canaanite', thus turning Christopher into a Canaanite. [31]