Mark 7:28

And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
answered	ἀπεκρίθη apekrithē	G611	to conclude for oneself · verb — aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
said	λέγει legei	G3004	properly · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
him	αὐτῷ· autō	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
Yes	ναὶ nai	G3483	yes · particle
Lord	κύριε, kurie	G2962	supreme in authority · noun — vocative singular masculine, a title
yet	γάρ gár	G1063	properly
dogs	κυνάρια kunaria	G2952	a puppy · noun — nominative plural neuter
under	ὑποκάτω hupokatō	G5270	down under · preposition
table	τραπέζης trapezēs	G5132	a table or stool (as being four-legged) · noun — genitive singular feminine
eat	ἐσθίουσιν esthiousin	G2068	used only in certain tenses · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person plural
of	ἀπὸ apo	G575	"off · preposition
children’s	παιδίων.¶ paidiōn	G3813	a childling (of either sex) · noun — genitive plural neuter
crumbs	ψιχίων psichiōn	G5589	a little bit or morsel · noun — genitive plural neuter

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Cross-references

Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Romans 3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Isaiah 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Luke 15:30-32 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Acts 11:17-18 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand G…
Luke 7:6-8 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not…
Psalms 145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Isaiah 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel:…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:24-30

See here, I. How humbly Christ was pleased to conceal himself. Never man was so cried up as he was in Galilee, and therefore, to teach us, though not to decline any opportunity of doing good, yet not to be fond of popular applause, he arose from thence, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, where he was little known; and there he entered, not into a synagogue, or place of concourse, but into a private house, and he would have no man to know it; because it was foretold concerning him, He shall not strive nor cry, neither shall his voice be heard in the streets. Not but that he was willing to preach and heal here as well as in other places, but for this he would be sought unto. Note, As…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 7:26

The woman was a Greek - Rosenmuller has well observed, that all heathens or idolaters were called Ἑλληνες, Greeks, by the Jews; whether they were Parthians, Medes, Arabs, Indians, or Ethiopians. Jews and Greeks divided the whole world at this period.

John Gill on Mark 7:28

And she answered and said unto him, yes, Lord,.... Agreeing to, and acquiescing in, what he said; which she seemed to have understood, though delivered in a proverbial way; and very appropriately replies, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs; which they leave, or let fall: signifying that she did not envy the blessings of the Jews, or desire any thing might be done injurious to them; only that this favour might be granted her, which she owned she was unworthy of, that her daughter might be healed. She tacitly owns, that the character of dogs belonged to the Gentiles, and to her and hers among the rest; that they were vile and base in themselves, inferior to the Jews, as…

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John Calvin on Mark 7:24-30

Mark 7:24-30 Matthew 15:21-28 Mark 7:24-30 21. And Jesus departing thence withdrew into the territories of Tyre and Sidon. 22. And, lo, a woman of Canaan, who had come from those territories, cried saying, Have compassion on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously afflicted by a devil. 23. But he made no reply to her, and his disciples approaching implored him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24. But he answering said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25. And she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26. But he answering said, It is not seemly to take the children's bread, and throw it to the dogs. 27. But she said, Cer…

The Church Fathers

Some people, intent on severe disciplinary precepts, admonish us to rebuke the restless and not to give what is holy to dogs, to consider a despiser of the church as a heathen, to cut off from the unified structure of the body the member who causes scandal. These may so disturb the peace of the church that they try prematurely to separate out the wheat from the chaff before the proper time, and blinded by this pretext, they themselves then become separated from the unity of Christ.
— Augustine of Hippo, FAITH AND WORKS 4.6

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) For the woman did not take it ill, but with much reverence assented to what the Lord had said. Wherefore it goes on, And she answered and said unto him, Truth, Lord, but the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. (Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) Her placing herself therefore in the rank of dogs is a mark of her reverence; as if she said, I hold it as a favour to be even in the position of a dog, and to eat not from another table, but from that of the Master himself.
— Pseudo-Chrysostom ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Marriage-feasts — (John 2:1-11) “lasted usually for a whole week; but the cost of such prolonged rejoicing is very small in the East. The guests sit round the great bowl or bowls on the floor, the meal usually…
Demons · The daughter of the Syrophoenician woman — The daughter of the Syrophoenician woman
Frugality · 11:16;12:27;13:22;21:17,20;22:3;23:20,21;31:27; — 11:16;12:27;13:22;21:17,20;22:3;23:20,21;31:27;
Sidon · Syro-Phoenician woman — Syro-Phoenician woman
Syro-Phoenician · by Jesus — by Jesus
Tyre · .Heals the daughter of the non-Jewish, Syrophenician woman near — .Heals the daughter of the non-Jewish, Syrophenician woman near

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:24-30

Adam Clarke on Mark 7:26

John Gill on Mark 7:28

John Calvin on Mark 7:24-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:24-30

Adam Clarke on Mark 7:26

John Gill on Mark 7:28

John Calvin on Mark 7:24-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 7:27-28