tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321634445763321723.post328347378648738262..comments2023-10-28T11:52:11.393-04:00Comments on The Syrophoenician Woman: Why "The Syrophoenician Woman"?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18007803964164238284noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321634445763321723.post-6875539312311616292013-10-04T05:22:16.012-04:002013-10-04T05:22:16.012-04:00I saw humility in her that made Jesus answer her ...I saw humility in her that made Jesus answer her and I also saw the spirit of a fighter that never takes no for an answers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321634445763321723.post-79706314597615563532012-07-18T16:15:13.259-04:002012-07-18T16:15:13.259-04:00Anonymous, I don't see it as "she degrade...Anonymous, I don't see it as "she degrades herself." I see it as she argues Him using logic. Like: "Hey, I realize you just called me a dog, but even a dog gets some help, jerk!" Okay, maybe she wouldn't have called Him a jerk, but you get my point.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18007803964164238284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321634445763321723.post-82379454989898359582012-07-18T16:12:37.009-04:002012-07-18T16:12:37.009-04:00Very cool. I'm interested in seeing your portr...Very cool. I'm interested in seeing your portrait. Please remember me when you finish it. I wish you the best of luck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18007803964164238284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321634445763321723.post-87976822673352858632012-07-18T11:22:25.582-04:002012-07-18T11:22:25.582-04:00I would say that Jesus always knew what He was goi...I would say that Jesus always knew what He was going to do. His dealings with people were often to show the crowd around Him a different perspective. He encouraged her to persist. He loved her certainly. But He could have instantly healed her daughter and He didn't. An opportunity was provided to display her faith.<br /><br />I'm researching because I'm doing a portrait of this woman, and I really want a perspective that is different also.Sue O. (aka Joannie, SS)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02495926658531459181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321634445763321723.post-55001015386626391172012-04-26T15:41:28.631-04:002012-04-26T15:41:28.631-04:00I found this passage deeply troubling in both Mark...I found this passage deeply troubling in both Mark and in Matthew's versions. Jesus was always shown to be a friend of supplicants and sinners, and a champion for the downtrodden. Yet in this account he flatly rejects a woman pleading with Him, just because she is not a Jew, and even insults her before finally healing her daughter after she degrades herself. This has been hard for me to reconcile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321634445763321723.post-54338514878772624262011-08-23T23:02:13.147-04:002011-08-23T23:02:13.147-04:00I love thinking of this woman as someone who came ...I love thinking of this woman as someone who came face to face with Jesus and literally 'taught Him a lesson.' She is invoked often by Liberation Theologians--the outcast, of the wrong ethnicity, wrong religion, and wrong gender, showing Jesus that His work isn't just with the segment of the population that is like Him (male, able-bodied, Jewish) but with everyone. I like her a lot, too.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372216887920199998noreply@blogger.com