Mark 7:33
And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
32And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him.
34And looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:19And Elias said to her: Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
2 Kings 4:33And going in he shut the door upon him, and upon the child, and prayed to the Lord.
Mark 8:23And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him out of the town; and spitting upon his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he saw any thing.
Matthew Henry on Mark 7:32-37
The Cure of a Deaf and Dumb Person. 31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35 And… Read the whole commentary →