Day One:
The Syrophoenician woman.
“Yes,
Lord.
Yet
even the dogs
under the table eat the children's crumbs.”
Mark 7:28The Syrophoenician woman.
Most people remember the conversation because of the dogs.
I remember it because her worth was never the question.
Jesus was not deciding whether she belonged among God’s people. He was revealing a faith that understood something many of us still struggle to believe. She came with no claim, no argument, no demand. She simply trusted that His mercy was greater than her circumstance.
“Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
She wasn’t asking to be made worthy.
She already knew she wasn’t.
She was asking for mercy.
And mercy was exactly what she found.
Painting Information
Title: The Syrophoenician Woman
Subtitle: Her Worth Was Never the Question.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Completed: Febuary to June 2026
Location: Jerusalem Hills, Israel
Collection: Jerusalem Field Notes
Scripture Inspiration: Mark 7:24–30; Matthew 15:21–28
Artist: Elizabeth Finch
Embedded Scriptures: Several passages are hidden throughout the painting, inviting the viewer to slow down and discover them over time.
"For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all."
Romans 11:32
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin... But if God so clothes the grass of the field... will He not much more clothe you?”
Matthew 6:28–30
There is a field note that goes with this painting. click the link to read it:
Availability
This original painting is not for sale.
It is part of the Jerusalem Field Notes collection, a body of work created to support the ongoing ministry of Jerusalem Light in Jerusalem.