[alexander_busek]

He said to her, “Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.”

Do I understand correctly that Jesus is apparently equating some other people to "children," and the woman and her child to the "dogs?"

Why is that? I mean, how does that make sense? Why would any reasonable person take one look at another person and deem him a "dog?" Was it because she was of a different ethnicity?

Would any of the other people within earshot have understood and condoned such an ethnic slur?

Why?

Regards,

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Yep, I'm totally confused by the passage and the explanation offered. She asks for help regarding a demonic presence in her kid. I'm guessing she hasn't been feeding her children but rather giving that food to the dogs. Jesus knows this and tells her to feed the children. She then says something nonsensical about "even the dogs eat the children's scraps".

HUH?!

[Salvation]

The children were the chosen people, the Israelites.

The dogs were the Gentiles.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3257158/posts?page=10#10