To elaborate on the woman, Matthew describes her as an inhabitant of Canaan (Canaanite) and in contrast, it is said by Mark that the woman was Greek, and a Syrophoenician by birth. In fact, among whatever nationality is of this woman, there is no contradiction. It was known that the prevailing custom among the Jews was to call any foreigner Greek. She is a native to the cities of Tyre and Sidon, it is obvious that she is called a Syrophoenician, for that nation is found in present day Syria, and a part of Phoenicia, a very profound civilization that spread among the mediterranean coastline. The Jewish people, with scorn, gave the woman the name of being a Canaanites and to all the inhabitants of that
To elaborate on the woman, Matthew describes her as an inhabitant of Canaan (Canaanite) and in contrast, it is said by Mark that the woman was Greek, and a Syrophoenician by birth. In fact, among whatever nationality is of this woman, there is no contradiction. It was known that the prevailing custom among the Jews was to call any foreigner Greek. She is a native to the cities of Tyre and Sidon, it is obvious that she is called a Syrophoenician, for that nation is found in present day Syria, and a part of Phoenicia, a very profound civilization that spread among the mediterranean coastline. The Jewish people, with scorn, gave the woman the name of being a Canaanites and to all the inhabitants of that