Mat 15:24 | RWP | e4.org | I was not sent ( ουκ απεσταλην ). Second aorist passive indicative of αποστελλω . Jesus takes a new turn with this woman in Phoenicia. He makes a test case of her request. In a way she represented the problem of the Gentile world. He calls the Jews "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" in spite of the conduct of the Pharisees.

‏ Matthew 15:24

I was not sent ( ουκ απεσταλην ). Second aorist passive indicative of αποστελλω. Jesus takes a new turn with this woman in Phoenicia. He makes a test case of her request. In a way she represented the problem of the Gentile world. He calls the Jews "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" in spite of the conduct of the Pharisees.