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  1. The faith of the Canaanite woman stands out as one of the most unlikely and most impressive in the Bible. Keep reading to understand why. In this post we will explore 5 lessons from the Canaanite woman and her faith-filled conversation with Jesus.

  2. Aug 20, 2024 · In Matthew 15:2128, Jesus encounters a Canaanite (Syrophoenician) woman who begs Him to cure her daughter. Jesus initially refuses her request by saying, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs” (Matthew 15:26).

  3. Mar 31, 2006 · In chapter fifteen Jesus challenged the teachings of the elders because those teachings had been elevated to the status of Scripture. Then, following that confrontation, Jesus went out of the country to the region of Tyre and Sidon and met a Canaanite woman.

  4. Oct 6, 2024 · Verse 1 introduces us to ten virgins with their lamps. The Greek word phanos translated as “lamps” means “torches.”. These torches were sometimes long, wooden poles with wire mesh attached to their top so that when filled with cloth that was soaked in oil, it would easily light and remain lit.

  5. Torch-Lady” provides a significant wordplay, for it is Deborah, not her husband, who is the torch that sets the general Barak (whose name means “lightning”) on fire. Moreover, in Mesopotamian mythology, the torch and the lightning ( tsullat and hanish ) are the heralds of the storm god.

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  6. Apr 10, 2005 · The lampas is more of a torch, a larger, brighter “lamp” than that which is normally used inside a house. In John 18:3, the lampas was the torch held by those who came in the night to arrest Jesus near the Garden of Gethsemane.

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  8. the lamp or torch is obviously the outward life of holiness by which the disciple of Christ lets his light shine before men (Matthew 5:16), and the “oil” is the divine grace, or more definitely, the gift of the Holy Spirit, without which the torch first burns dimly and then expires.

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