Mark 7:33

Mark 7:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
• New International Version (NIV)After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.

Context of Mark 7:33

31Soon after this Jesus left the region of Tyre, and passed through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of Decapolis [the ten Hellenistic cities]. 32They brought to Him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him. Jesus, taking him aside by himself, away from the crowd, put His fingers into the man’s ears, and after spitting, He touched the man’s tongue [with the saliva]; 34and looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to the man, “Ephphatha,” which [in Aramaic] means, “Be opened and released!” 35And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he began speaking plainly.

Mark 7:33 word by word

καὶ ἀπολαβόμενος αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου κατ᾽ ἰδίαν ἔβαλεν τοὺς δακτύλους αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πτύσας ἥψατο τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he tookἀπολαμβάνωapolambanō · to get backG618
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·κατάkata · according toG2596
• asideἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the multitudeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the multitudeὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• and putβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• fingersδάκτυλοςdaktulos · fingerG1147
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• earsοὖςous · earG3775
• he spitπτύωptuō · to spitG4429
• and touchedἅπτωhaptomai · to touchG680
• tongueγλῶσσαglōssa · tongueG1100

Cross-references for Mark 7:33

• Mark 5:40They began laughing [scornfully] at Him [because they knew the child was dead]. But He made them all go outside, and took along the child’s father and mother and His own [three] companions, and entered the room where the child was.
• Mark 8:23Taking the blind man by the hand, He led him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”
• 1 Kings 17:19He said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her arms and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed.
• 2 Kings 4:4Then you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out [the oil you have] into all these containers, and you shall set aside each one when it is full.”
• John 9:6When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made mud with His saliva, and He spread the mud [like an ointment] on the man’s eyes.

Commentaries on Mark 7:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33And he spit, and touched his tongue - This place is exceedingly difficult. There is scarcely an action of our Lord's life but one can see an evident reason for, except this. Various interpretations are given of it - none of them satisfies my mind. The Abbe Giradeau spiritualizes it thus: - He took him aside from the multitude - When Christ saves a sinner, he separates him from all his old evil companions, and from the spirit and maxims of an ungodly…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33And he took him aside from the multitude - Why this was done we have no means of information. It might have been to conceal from the multitude everything respecting the “manner” of cure, in order that none might attempt to cure in a similar way. And he put his fingers into his ears … - Why this was done it has been found exceedingly difficult to explain. Jesus had power at once to open his ears and loose his tongue, but for some cause he chose to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 Here is a cure of one that was deaf and dumb. Those who brought this poor man to Christ, besought him to observe the case, and put forth his power. Our Lord used more outward actions in the doing of this cure than usual. These were only signs of Christ's power to cure the man, to encourage his faith, and theirs that brought him. Though we find great variety in the cases and manner of relief of those who applied to Christ, yet all obtained the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33The healing was done in private (7:33; see 5:40–43; 8:23). This likely helped prevent people from spreading strong excitement about Jesus as the Messiah (God’s chosen king; see 3:11–12; compare John 6:15). Jesus also used saliva in another healing (Mark 8:23), when he put it on a man’s eyes to heal his blindness. The use of saliva for healing was common in the ancient world. People believed it could help heal certain conditions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. And he took him aside from the multitude--As in another case He "took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town" (Mr 8:23), probably to fix his undistracted attention on Himself, and, by means of certain actions He was about to do, to awaken and direct his attention to the proper source of relief. and put his fingers into his ears--As his indistinct articulation arose from his deafness, our Lord addresses Himself to this first. To the…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 7:33

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Spitting

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
• Covetousness
• Galilee, Sea of
• Hold
• String
• Aside
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Spit; Spittle
• Tongue

Commentaries on Mark 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings