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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.
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!
Christ and the Canaanite Woman may refer to one of two paintings of the exorcism of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter: Christ and the Canaanite Woman, a 1594-1595 painting by Annibale Carracci; Christ and the Canaanite Woman, a c.1650 painting by Mattia Preti
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 ]
It concludes the narrative about Jesus' ministry in Galilee and can be divided into the following subsections: [1] Discourse on Defilement (15:1–20) Exorcising the Canaanite woman's daughter (15:21–28) Healing many on a mountain (15:29-31) Feeding the 4000 (15:32–39)
Jesus pressed his inquiry and the woman came and trembled at his feet; she explained her reason and declared amid the crowd what blessing had come to her. [14] Jesus treated her as having worth, not rebuking her for what the Levitical code of holiness would have considered as defiling him. [ 15 ]
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 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.