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Mat_15:22. Χαναναῖα ] Several tribes of the Canaanites, ëÌÀðÇòÂðÄé , who were the original inhabitants of Palestine, went and settled in the north, and founded what was subsequently known as the Phoenician nation, Winer, Realwörterbuch. Lightfoot on this passage.
ἐξελθοῦσα ] She crossed the frontier into the contiguous territory of the Jews, where Jesus happened to be. According to Paulus, the woman came out of her house; according to de Wette, Bleek: from some place nearer the centre of the country. Both views are in opposition to the terms of our passage, which plainly state where she came out from.
υἱὲ Δαυ .] She so addresses Jesus, because, from living in the neighbourhood of the Jews, she was familiar with their Messianic expectations, and with the Messiah’s title, as well as with the Messianic reputation of Jesus. Looking to what is said in Mat_15:26, she cannot be supposed to have been a proselyte of the gate. The Gentiles also believed in demoniacal possession.
ἐλέησόν με ] “Suam fecerat pia mater miseriam filiae,” Bengel.