The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.The woman was a Greek (that is, a Gentile, not a Jew) a Syrophenician or Canaanite. Canaan was also called Syrophenicia, as lying between Syria, properly so called, and Phenicia. read more
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. Matthew 15:29. read more
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;He put his fingers into his ears — Perhaps intending to teach us, that we are not to prescribe to him (as they who brought this man attempted to do) but to expect his blessing by whatsoever means he pleases: even though there should be no proportion or resemblance between the means used, and the benefit to be conveyed thereby. read more
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.Ephphatha — This was a word of SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY, not an address to God for power to heal: such an address was needless; for Christ had a perpetual fund of power residing in himself, to work all miracles whenever he pleased, even to the raising the dead, John 5:21,26. read more
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;Them — The blind man and those that brought him. read more
§ 66. DEBATE WITH THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES IN REGARD TO TRADITIONS, Mark 7:1-23 . (See notes on Matthew 15:1-20.) read more
§ 67. HEALING OF THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN’S DAUGHTER, Mark 7:24-30 . (See notes on Matthew 15:21-28.) read more
§ 68. HEALING DEAFNESS AND IMPEDIMENT, Mark 7:31-37 . 32. One that was deaf That had become so since his birth and learning to speak. An impediment in his speech A defect of utterance, as some think, which had grown upon him from not hearing his own voice, as is often the case. It was more probably a tongue tie in addition to his deafness, as appears by the description of the cure in Mark 7:35. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Mark 7:24
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. Matthew 15:21. read more