1. TRADITION There seem to be three classes of these oral teachings: (a) some oral laws of Moses (as they supposed) given by the great lawgiver in addition to the written laws; (b) decisions of various judges which became precedents in judicial matters; (c) interpretations of great teachers (rabbis) which came to be prized with the same reverence as were the Old Testament Scriptures.

2. Tyre and Sidon

3. TYRE Tyre in Prophecy. Several prophets of the Old Testament prophesied against Tyre. They condemned the Tyrians for delivering Israelites to the Edomites (Amos 1:9) and for selling them as slaves to the Greeks (Joel 3:5-6). Jeremiah prophesied Tyre's defeat (Jer 27:1-11). But the classic prophecy against Tyre was given by Ezekiel.

4. stenazo (sten-ad'-zo); from NT:4728; to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly: with grief, groan, grudge, sigh.

5. DOG 1. In Bible times, as now, troops of hungry and half-wild dogs roamed the fields and the streets feeding upon dead bodies and other refuse (1 Kings 14:11; 16:4; 21:19,23; 2 Kings 9:10,36; Jer 15:3; etc.) and thus became objects of dislike. Fierce and cruel enemies were called dogs (Ps 22:16,20; Jer 15:3). 2. The dog being an unclean animal, the terms "dog," "dead dog," "dog's head" were used as terms of reproach, or of humiliation if speaking of one's self (1 Sam 24:14; 2 Sam 3:8; 9:8; 2 Kings 8:13). 3. In the East "dog" is used for impure and profane persons and was used by the Jews respecting the Gentiles (Matt 15:26). 4. False apostles are called "dogs" on account of impurity and love of gain (Phil 3:2). 5. Those who are shut out of the kingdom of heaven are also called "dogs" (Rev 22:15) on account of their vileness, probably a reference to homosexuality.

6. The First Command Ex 20:12 12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 21:17 17 "Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death. Leviticus 20:9 9 "'If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head. Deuteronomy 27:16 16 "Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or his mother." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" Proverbs 20:20 20 If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness. Proverbs 30:17 17 "The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

7. SYROPHOENICIAN Mark 7:26; the woman is a remarkable case of faith outside of Israel, and of Jesus' exceptional healing beyond the precincts of the elect nation, His special sphere; parallel to Elijah's ministration to the widow of Zarephath (Luke 4:26-27). Mark terms her a "Greek," i.e. a Gentile; Matthew (Matt 15:22) "a woman of Canaan," i.e., like the Phoenicians her countrymen, she was a descendant of Canaan the accursed race, yet she became blessed by Jesus through faith. Syrophoenicia is the northern end of the long strip, Phoenicia, and had Tyre for its capital.