This is the story of a Samaritan woman imploring Jesus to deliver her daughter from demons. From this account, one would think they met on the road. It would have been easy to ignore her if that was the case, but Mark describes her as entering the house.
Samaria was located between the northern area of Israel and the southern area, formerly known as Judah. Conquerors had brought people from a number of nations to that area to keep them separate from their countrymen. This helped discourage nationalism and rebellion. The Jews in the area intermarried with them and were considered less than pure by other Jews.
The first thing that caught Jesus' attention was her calling him, "Lord, the Son of David." In effect, she was calling Him the Messiah. However, His response to her was still negative. He told her He was sent to the lost sheep of Israel not to dogs.
Most people would be deeply offended if someone called them a dog, but this lady wasn't about to give up her only hope of seeing her daughter free. She readily agreed with Jesus' assessment and used it to further her argument. She pointed out that the crumbs fell from the children's table, and the dogs ate them. All she needed was a crumb.
Jesus said she had, "great faith." In what ways does truth come to us?
1. We hear it.
2. We see it.
3. We sense it. (intuition)
4. We accept it. (reported)
5. Also by assumption.
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