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The Syrophoenician Woman (Challenges (Jesus denies the request of the…
The Syrophoenician Woman
Plot Overview
In the story, Jesus retreats to a Gentile region, near Tyre and Sidon, and enters a house. Jesus does not want to be noticed. A Greek woman approaches him and requests him to heal her daughter. The daughter is possessed by demons and requests Jesus to heal her. Jesus denies the request at first with a riddle. Jesus states that the food of children shouldn't be thrown to dogs. The woman responds that dogs eat the scraps of what children eat. This a clever response that Jesus is convinced and heals her daughter. Jesus moves on to another territory in Gentile and leaves a man with Leprosy.
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Main Characters
Jesus
Jesus has a role of curing and healing people from their demons. In the story, at first, Jesus rejects the Syrophoenician woman's request to remove the demons from her daughter's body. Jesus' perspective changes after the Syrophoenician woman begs him respectfully.
The Syrophoenician Woman
The Syrophoenician woman is a greek, Gentile, and Syrophoenician origin. Her daughter is haunted by demons and she goes to Jesus to request him to remove the demon. At first, she is denied, but she respectfully begs Jesus and convinces him. The woman was also very smart and had just 1 trait.
Challenges
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Jesus rejects the woman because demons possess humans that do not have pure faith or lack faith. These challenges will come to those who do not have faith.
Jesus' disciples did not understand his mission and did not support him. Jesus did not want to be noticed.
Reflection
This narrative was interesting to read because I didn't realize that people went to Jesus for him to perform miracles and healing. The importance of this narrative is that this is the start of Jesus' healings in the Gentile region. I was confused at first because I didn't understand what Jesus' riddle was about so I had to dos some research and look up sources that talked about this story.