Mark 7:26
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
KJV
ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἦν Ἑλληνίς, Συροφοινίκισσα τῷ γένει· καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτὸν ἵνα τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκβάλῃ ἐκ τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς.
Greek NT
Erat enim mulier gentilis, Syrophœnissa genere. Et rogabat eum ut dæmonium ejiceret de filia ejus.
Vulgate
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
ASV
For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἦν — SBLGNT
- ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἦν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἡ γυνὴ δὲ ἦν — Tregelles
- ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
- Gal 3:28 — There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Isa 49:12 — Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
- John 12:20 — And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
- Luke 4:25 — But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
- Mark 10:48 — And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
- Matt 15:22 — And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.