20th Sunday OT, A
Aug 10, 2026 · 40 min · 9 segments
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Aug 10, 2026 · 40 min · 9 segments
Hope Anwered
But this is a very mysterious encounter because it looks like Jesus is refusing to perform a miracle, which he could very easily do.
We're in Matthew 15, so we're really getting closer to Jesus finally setting out for Jerusalem, but he's not yet.
In fact, he's going up north.
She's a pagan.
So she's pagan.
Can I not...
Why does Matthew call her...
Well, the land of Canaan had disappeared a long time ago, because that was at the time of Abraham, and then that was the Promised Land of Canaan, the Israelites came in with Moses.
So, that was 2,000-1,500 years ago, the land of Canaan.
So, it was a long time ago, and there were few Canaanites left.
Why does Matthew call her Canaanites? It means she's from the original stock of the land, if you want, but she's not an Israelite.
She comes from this region, which is very interesting because in the middle, between Sidon and Tyre, you have the town of Zarephath, or Zarepta, which is this town where the prophet Elijah stopped when he was in exile, as it were, from, you know, there was a drought on the land, and that was, again, a long time ago, about 700 years before that, or 800 years before that, and King Hiab was after him, and he took refuge in Sarepta and found a widow there who welcomed him.
But this is a very mysterious encounter because it looks like Jesus is refusing to perform a miracle, which he could very easily do.
We're in Matthew 15, so we're really getting closer to Jesus finally setting out for Jerusalem, but he's not yet.
In fact, he's going up north.
She's a pagan.
So she's pagan.
Can I not...
Why does Matthew call her...
Well, the land of Canaan had disappeared a long time ago, because that was at the time of Abraham, and then that was the Promised Land of Canaan, the Israelites came in with Moses.
So, that was 2,000-1,500 years ago, the land of Canaan.
So, it was a long time ago, and there were few Canaanites left.
Why does Matthew call her Canaanites? It means she's from the original stock of the land, if you want, but she's not an Israelite.
She comes from this region, which is very interesting because in the middle, between Sidon and Tyre, you have the town of Zarephath, or Zarepta, which is this town where the prophet Elijah stopped when he was in exile, as it were, from, you know, there was a drought on the land, and that was, again, a long time ago, about 700 years before that, or 800 years before that, and King Hiab was after him, and he took refuge in Sarepta and found a widow there who welcomed him.
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