Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
A syrophenician
Bible References
Greek
Galatians 3:28
There is no longer Jew nor Greek, nor bond nor free, nor male and female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: but Christ is all things, and in all.
A syrophenician
Matthew 15:22
And behold, a Canaanitish woman having come out from those coasts, cried unto Him saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is terribly demonized.