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Mark 7:33
33And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue;
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
31And again having left the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32And they bring to him a deaf [man] who could not speak right, and they beseech him that he might lay his hand on him. And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue; 34and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.
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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
Cross-references for Mark 7:33
- Mark 5:40And they derided him. But he, having put [them] all out, takes with [him] the father of the child, and the mother, and those that were with him, and enters in where the child was lying.
- Mark 8:23And taking hold of the hand of the blind man he led him forth out of the village, and having spit upon his eyes, he laid his hands upon him, and asked him if he beheld anything.
- 1 Kings 17:19And he said to her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
- 2 Kings 4:4and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.
- John 9:6Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud of the spittle, and put the mud, as ointment, on his 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
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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
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