. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . was, a crowd was alw^ays around him, and he could findno time to teach his disciples some truths needful forthem to know. He made up his mind to go away from Galilee tosome quiet place where no one w^ould know^ of his the northwest of Galilee was a narrow^ land, on theother side of the Lebanon mountains, beside the greatMediterranean Sea. It w^as called Phoenicia, from thepeople who hved there, the Phoenicians; and also calledthe land of Tyre and Sidon, from its two leading people who Hved in that country were not Jews, andfew
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . was, a crowd was alw^ays around him, and he could findno time to teach his disciples some truths needful forthem to know. He made up his mind to go away from Galilee tosome quiet place where no one w^ould know^ of his the northwest of Galilee was a narrow^ land, on theother side of the Lebanon mountains, beside the greatMediterranean Sea. It w^as called Phoenicia, from thepeople who hved there, the Phoenicians; and also calledthe land of Tyre and Sidon, from its two leading people who Hved in that country were not Jews, andfew of them even spoke the Jewish language. Jesusthought that this would be a quiet place where he couldtalk alone w^ith his disciples. Jesus and the Twelve quietly left Capernaimi, andwalked over the mountains to this land of T^^re andSidon. There they found a house and went into it,intending for a time to live there. Jesus washed nobodyto know^ of his coming; but he could not be hidden. Aw^oman of that country heard of him, and at once went240. The woman threw herself at Jesus feet and cried aloud: Have mercy onme, O Lord, son of David! Jesiusi in a Strange Comttrj> to Jesus, threw herself at his feet, and begged him tocome and cast an evil spirit out of her daughter. This woman was not of the Jewish people. She wasa foreigner, of a mingled Syrian and Phoenician race, apeople called Canaanites. She cried aloud and kepton crying: Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, son of David! Mylittle daughter is terribly troubled with an unclean you not please come and help her? At first Jesus did not answer her one word. But hisdisciples said to him, O Master! send this woman away,for she is making a great noise and disturbing us! Tothem she was only a Gentile, a heathen woman, and theJews, even those who followed Jesus, looked with great con-tempt on all such people. They did not know that Jesuswas sent to save not only the Jews but also the Gentiles. Jesus wished to teach his disciple
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