Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 15:23

23 But he answered her not a word, And his disciples came, and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she cryeth after us.

Mark saith, A certain Woman whose young Daughter had an unclean Spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his Feet▪ The Woman was a Greek a Syrophenician by Nation, and she besought him, that he would cast forth the Devil out of her Daughter. But Iesus said unto her, let the Children first be filled, for it is not meet to take the Childrens Bread, and to cast it to Dogs. Mark 7.25, 26, 27. Tho the Woman appears to have been a Pagan, yet living so near Galilee, she had doubtless heard of Christ, both what he had done in casting out Devils, and also that he was lookt upon as the Son of David, and usually called by that Name, by those who went to him for any Cures; she therefore gives him that Title: Others, think her to have been more specially inlightned, and to have called him the Son of David, not as an usual Compellation given him, but as believing him to have been the true Messias promised to the Iews, nor [illegible: 1 letter]s that impossible, for tho the Gospel at this time had not shined out upon any Considerable number of the Heathen, yet God in all times had his number amongst them, and this Woman living so near to the Iews, and so near to Galilee, where our Saviour hitherto had most Conversed, and Preached, it is not improbable, that she might have received the Grace, as well as the sound of the Gospel, so God might have kindled in her Heart, a true Faith in the Messias. Our Saviours Commendation of her Faith in the following Discourse, maketh this very probable. Matthew saith, that he answered her not a Word, Mark saith, that he said to her, Let the Children first be filled, &c. To the observing Reader, this will appear no Contradiction. For by Mark it should appear, that she first came to our Saviour into the House, into which he went, that he might be private, and there fell at his Feet Here Christ answered her not a Word; took no notice of her at all, But it appeareth by Matthew, that Christ soon left the House, and she followed after him upon the way. The Disciples said, send her away, for she cryeth after us. Then it was that our Saviour said to her, Let the Children be first filled. His Disciples [illegible: 2 letters]rst interposing, saying, send her away, for she cryeth after us. How any of the Papists think that this Text Patronizeth their Invocation of Saints departed, I cannot tell, for these Disciples were alive, and we do not read, that she spake to any of them, to intercetrans for her▪ It is certain they did move Christ on her behalf.