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Bible question.
Hi everyone,
Yesterday, I was reading the Gospel of St. Mark, when I came across a passage that I did not understand... Mark 7:27-29.
27 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. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
What does it mean what Jesus said to the woman? If anyone knows, please let me know.
Yesterday, I was reading the Gospel of St. Mark, when I came across a passage that I did not understand... Mark 7:27-29.
27 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. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
What does it mean what Jesus said to the woman? If anyone knows, please let me know.
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I think he was saying that the Jews should have more blessing/etc..from the Lord, than should the gentiles. And that's where she answered...that they should take the blessings too because the dogs (gentiles) eat what is left from the children (meaning the Jews).
I might be wrong in that..and testing her faith might be it...so anyone feel free to correct.
Christ meant by the “Children”, the Jews and by the “Dogs”, the Gentiles.
In the Old Testament the Jews were the people of God who had the promises, the sonship, the heritage and the law. On the other hand, the Gentiles were enemies and strangers to God and were described as dogs, unclean animal sacrifice
The Syrophoenician woman was so humble and acknowledge the fact that she is not worthy to eat from the same table as the Jews, to have the gift of healing to her mad daughter. She knew that the gift of Christ should be first to the Jews and if something remained which she described as the crumbs, then she is willing to have them, even at the feet of the Jews. That is why the Lord was marvelled at her faith which He did not find in the Jews.
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And without a doubt..I have to say...God is wise in His choices so you can't really know what God was thinking then.
Since Abrham was a holy man and at the sametime an Israeli thus God chose them over others…I am not really certain if that is as such good reason to do so or is it?
And as you said IF they were the only people who worshipped God or monotheistic at those times it may make sense. I am not quite sure if that is historically valid? For now I will just leave it at that and try to digest it. If a question pops up in my mind I will be back.
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Abraham their father followed the lord with all his heart in his times but at his times no-one else did so this is the first reason why God chose the 'Jews'
second why did he chose certain people anyway?
because there has to be reference so that when Jesus was incarnated people won't say this has just happened suddenly and it was not said that such a thing is about to happen but by chosing those people he made it known to the gentiles that those people are waiting for the messiah
and that helped those who believed in him (jesus) after that and it proved that this is the right faith as any1 can trace back to the begining of creation in the (bible)
i wish i helped!
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God, the Righteous Judge, drove out His first creation, Adam and Eve, because of their sin and disobedient against His command. God the Almighty destroyed the Old World, with the flood, because there had not been a single man , aside from Noah, on earth that was righteous in God’ Eye. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, the land and all the people, with the exception of Lot’s family, because they were wicked in the sight of God.
When God had chosen Abraham, he was the only righteous man on the whole face of earth, by the way he was not Israelite, “ Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.” Izekiel 16:3 .
God made His covenant with him and with his descendants and they started to be called Israelites, when He changed Jacob’s name to Israel. All the nations on the face of earth was worshipping idols even if they believed in one god, an example was of Ancient Egyptian worshipping Atone the god of Sun. Israel was surrounded by pagan’s nations, of whom God asked them not to marry from them or imitate their habits or mode of worship. When they disobeyed Him, He first divided their kingdom, sent them to exile and ten of their tribes disappeared. Our Lord is the Righteous God who hates sin and He is a Sovereigns God who can do whatsoever good in His sight.
So after reading as to why they were elected I stated my uncertainty of their way of thinking, I may be wrong though! To make it understandable let us say, this is just an example, that you are a descendant of Abraham; on the other hand my ancestors are Egyptians who were worshipping idols. Then God chose you over me just solely because of your ancestors’ deeds rather than taking into account yours and mine. If that was what hppened, do you think that was a right thing to do? You are right, thank you for correcting me. If that was the case with the exception of Israelites then that sounds more reasonable, I guess, for chosing them over others.
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11 And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12 Then He answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wished, as it is written of him.”
How has Elija come already? If he had come already, does that mean he won't come again? Wasn't he taken up in flesh... he needs to come again so his body could die, right? Was Jesus referring to John the Baptist when speaking of Elija?
If anyone knows the answers to these questions, please let me know.
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I'd like to thank everyone who participated in helping me understand this passage. I really appreciate it. But I have another question now! In Mark 9: 11-13 it says:
11 And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12 Then He answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wished, as it is written of him.”
How has Elija come already? If he had come already, does that mean he won't come again? Wasn't he taken up in flesh... he needs to come again so his body could die, right? Was Jesus referring to John the Baptist when speaking of Elija?
If anyone knows the answers to these questions, please let me know.
God Bless you all!
John the Baptist is often referred to as the "Elijah" of the New Testament (anyone feel free to correct me). By saying Elijah God was referring to John the Baptist, who in fact did come before Christ.
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