Others in the Gospels · Women in the Gospels and Acts
The Syrophoenician woman
Mother who sought healing for her daughter
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A Greek woman, Syrophoenician by birth, who begged Jesus in the region of Tyre and Sidon to drive a demon out of her daughter. After her reply about the dogs eating the children’s crumbs, she went home and found the demon gone.
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1A mother’s faith near Tyre
In the region of Tyre and Sidon a Greek woman of Syrophoenician birth begged Jesus to drive a demon from her daughter. After her reply about the crumbs under the table, he told her the demon had left her daughter.