And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
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Gill's Exposition
And she saith, truth, Lord,.... She owns all that he had said to be true, that he was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel: that she was indeed but a dog, a poor sinful creature, and…
This narrative is also found in Mar 7:24-30. The coasts of Tyre and Sidon - These cities were on the seacoast or shore of the Mediterranean. See the notes at Mat 11:21. Jesus went there for the…
We have here that famous story of Christ's casting the devil out of the woman of Canaan's daughter; it has something in it singular and very surprising, and which looks favourably upon the poor…
Cambridge Bible
yet the dogs eat of the crumbs "Yet," of the E. V., is misleading. Translate " for even; " the woman takes Jesus at his word, accepts the name of reproach, and claims the little share that falls even…
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