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Chapter
XIX.—Justa, a Proselyte.
“There is amongst us one Justa, a
Syro-Phœnician, by race a Canaanite, whose daughter was oppressed
with a grievous disease.927
And she
came to our Lord, crying out, and entreating that He would heal her
daughter. But He, being asked also by us, said, ‘It is not
lawful to heal the Gentiles, who are like to dogs on account of their
using various928
| 928 For διαφόροις
Duncker proposes ἀδιαφόροις,
“meats without distinction.” | meats and
practices, while the table in the kingdom has been given to the sons of
Israel.’ But she, hearing this, and begging to partake like
a dog of the crumbs that fall from this table, having changed what she
was,929
| 929 That is, having
caused to be a Gentile, by abstaining from forbidden foods. | by living like the sons of the kingdom,
she obtained healing for her daughter, as she asked. For she
being a Gentile, and remaining in the same course of life, He would not
have healed had she remained a Gentile, on account of its not being
lawful to heal her as a Gentile.930
| 930 There are several
various readings in this sentence, and none of them can be strictly
construed; but the general sense is obvious. |
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