Mark 7: 21-37

(Mark 7: 21-37) For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:  The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.  And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.  And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.  And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;  And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.  And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;  And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

 

This woman was a woman who came to Jesus because of her daughter's problem. She was a gentile, geographically living in an idol worshiping land, and a woman who had lived without knowing what sin was against God as an idolater. . Especially in this Tire and Sidon, it was a very spiritually serious place among the Canaanites. However, Jesus passed by here. Jesus must preach the Gospel to the Gentiles, and he will entrust his role to the disciples. That is why Jesus trains his disciples for evangelism.

This woman went very eagerly to Jesus. The woman called Jesus the Messianic title, a descendant of the Lord David. This woman is calling Jesus the Lord, a descendant of David, shouting and pleading for her situation. It was that his daughter was demonly possessed. The woman screamed a few times, but instead of just giving up, she continued to scream in the crowd as she went along the path of the Lord. But the voice of the woman kept Jesus silent. The disciples say this to Jesus: "She screams behind us, so send her." However, Jesus said, "I have not been sent to anything but the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Jesus refused, as the disciples watched, saying to her, "Are you not a gentile, you have nothing to do with me?"

Jesus wants to teach his disciples the evangelism of the Gentiles, but why does Jesus say so? At this time, the woman did not give up and did not step back and acted more boldly. She bowed before Jesus and asked, "Lord, help me." But the words of Jesus to this woman then make her ears doubtful.『 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.』 This means, "You are a dog." But『And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.』 This was an amazing answer that Jesus was a little embarrassed, and it can be said to be the greatest confession a sinner can make across all ages. Jesus told this woman『 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 』

Jesus healed her daughter according to her faith. Jesus is teaching his disciples that there is no more hope for Israel, preparing for the Pharisees, the Israelites who are accusing Him, and the Gentiles who came out to heal the sick. So, the Gospel is what Jesus implied that they should go to the Gentiles. Jesus gave the disciples evangelism training. Jesus told his disciples, "Neither go to Samaria, nor to the Gentiles, go to the Israelites and preach the gospel." However, the disciples would have realized how difficult it was to share the gospel with their people. Jesus was training his disciples in advance.