Mark 7:25 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 7:25

Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.

BSB

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ASV

But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

KJV

For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark (1107)

The aforementioned woman, having heard about Him, displays a fervent faith. Therefore the Lord does not immediately consent to her request, but delays the gift in order to show that the woman's faith is firm and that she waits patiently despite the refusal. Let us …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The application made to him by a poor woman in distress and trouble. She was a Gentile, a Greek, a stranger to the commonwealth of Israel, an alien to the covenant of promise; she was by extraction a Syrophenician, and not in any degree proselyted to the Jewish religion; she had a daughter, a young daughter, that was possessed with the devil.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit--or, as in Matthew (Mt 15:22), "was badly demonized." heard of him--One wonders how; but distress is quick of hearing. and fell at his feet:

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
εὐθὺς	euthus	immediately	G2112 →
ἀκούσασα	akousasa	having heard	G191 →
γυνὴ	gunē	a woman	G1135 →
περὶ	peri	about	G4012 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	Him	G846 →
ἧς	hēs	of whom	G3739 →
εἶχεν	eichen	had	G2192 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θυγάτριον	thugatrion	little daughter	G2365 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of her	G846 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	spirit	G4151 →
ἀκάθαρτον,	akatharton	unclean,	G169 →
ἐλθοῦσα	elthousa	having come	G2064 →
προσέπεσεν	prosepesen	she fell	G4363 →
πρὸς	pros	at	G4314 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
πόδας	podas	feet	G4228 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of Him;	G846 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 1:40
Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
leads to
- Luke 5:12–14
  While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can…
- Matthew 8:2–4
  Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
- Leviticus 13:1–14
  Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- 2 Samuel 3:29
  May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who…
Through
Matthew 15:22
And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
leads to
- Matthew 9:27
  As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
- Matthew 17:15
  “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
- Mark 7:25–26
  Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.
- Psalms 45:12
  The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark