"A Caananite woman from that vicinity come to him,crying out"Lord,Son of David,have mercy on me! My Daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possesion.Jesus did not answer a word.So his disciple came to him and urged him,*"Send her away,for she keep crying out after us."He(Jesus) answered,"I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."The woman come down and knelt before him "Lord,Help me!"She said.He (Jesus) replied,"It is not right to take the children's(Jews) bread,and toss it to their dogs(Gentile)"."Yes,lord,but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters table" Then Jesus answered,"Woman,you have great faith!Your request is granted.' And her daughter was heal from that very hour'
(Matthew 15:22-28 NIV Bible)
This is why Jews don't take him as the Messiah,I guess,because what he said is seen as disgraced toward the Jewish society.
How can God said this?
2007-02-07 01:16:31 · 8 answers · asked by naz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That is what Jesus "the one and only" he called the gentiles dogs. I think it is very offensive for human beings to be called animals or pets. That is not something G-d would say. It's all in the christian mind.
2007-02-07 05:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by Davey Boy Smith #1 Fan- VACATION 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Jesus said is not an insult to the Jewish nation, by no means. Jesus was calling the Canaanite woman a "dog". He told her, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." She pleaded with Him to save her daughter. Jesus, said to her, "It is not right to take the children's bread, and toss it to their dogs." The "children" were the Jews. The " bread," was Christ, The "dog" was the Gentiles. However, Jesus saw her great faith and blessed her and healed her daughter. The Jews were God's chosen people, they were to take the gospel to the world. They had privilege knowing God's laws, hearing from His Prophets and yet the Gentiles who had none of that many believed in Christ.
2007-02-07 02:31:06 · answer #2 · answered by angel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was referring to the fact that he was Jewish and intended his message for Jews only. He never approached gentiles, they came to him.
The mentality of the Jews was that they were a family and God was the father. So the reference here is that the family is sitting at a table for a meal, and all the family members are gathered around a table. The "meal" is the teachings, and the family, of course is the Jewish nation.
Jesus replied to the woman that it wasn't right for the family to take scraps out of the hands of the children and give it instead to the animals because the children would starve.
2007-02-07 01:35:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the time most Gentiles did not worship the one true God, only the Jews. Why give the birthright promised to the Jews to people that were not chosen? God chose the Israelites to be His people.
Jesus was talking in spiritual terms... The Jewish people following and keeping the commandments of God were His people. They being children, unbelievers being dogs. The woman had no problem with this analogy, why do we? Besides Jesus was testing her faith. She was willing to be favored as a dog by God, rather than be anything else. She was willing to take what God was willing to give. I wish more of us were like that.
2007-02-07 01:25:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to bring something out here.
He used the term dogs, but this did not reflect His atitude, nor His belief.
The fact of the matter is, among the Jews of Christ's time on this earth, they were a very prejudised people. If you were not Jewish you were nothing. Worse than nothing. He was challenging her
to see her atitude.
Let's face it- it's easy to hate when you are hated, right?
But Christ destroyed prejudism every so often...
This case you wrote about, the woman at the well, even going through Samaria (the Jews would actually travel around that entire region) and of course the good Samaritan, not to mention all the other verses in scripture that if understood properly would preclude any prejudism. To hold prejudice is to hate. To say Jesus hated without cause is to accuse Him of sin.
And if Jesus sinned, then the whole of Christianity is nothing.
By the way, did it ever occur to you that Christ already KNEW what she was going to request? He is all-knowing, after all.
2007-02-07 01:31:22 · answer #5 · answered by Jed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy, because Jesus "was only sent to the lost sheep of Israel" -Bible
and Jews are supposedly the Chosen People.
So basicly it's just an excuse for Racism.
2007-02-07 01:23:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
How many Jews have read the New Testament?
2007-02-07 02:28:41 · answer #7 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no God!
Jesus was a man and he is DEAD!
GET OVER IT!!
2007-02-07 01:23:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋