A: Administratively, Phoenicia was part of the Roman province of Syria as The NIV Study Bible p.1507 says. The Expositor’s Bible Commentary volume 8 p.682 also adds that perhaps Mark used this term to distinguish from the Libyo-Phoenicians who were from North Africa.
J: Kiutawala, Foinike ilikuwa sehemu ya jimbo la Rumi la Syria. Marko anaweza kuwa alitumia neno hili kutofautisha na Walibifoinike waliotoka kaskazini mwa Afrika.