or PHENICIA PROPER, called Syro or Syrian Phenicia from
being included in the kingdom of Syria. It implies that part of the
coast of Canaan on the Mediterranean in which the cities of Tyre and
Sidon were situated; and this same country, called Syro-Phenicia in the
Acts, is in the Gospels called the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. The woman
also called a Syro-Phenician in Mark vii, 26, is in Matt. xv, 22, called
a Canaanitish woman, because that country was still inhabited by the
descendants of Canaan, of whom Sidon was the eldest son.
being included in the kingdom of Syria. It implies that part of the
coast of Canaan on the Mediterranean in which the cities of Tyre and
Sidon were situated; and this same country, called Syro-Phenicia in the
Acts, is in the Gospels called the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. The woman
also called a Syro-Phenician in Mark vii, 26, is in Matt. xv, 22, called
a Canaanitish woman, because that country was still inhabited by the
descendants of Canaan, of whom Sidon was the eldest son.