Mark 7:33

After Jesus took him aside from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers in the deaf man's ears. Then he touched the man's tongue with spit.

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In The King James Version

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

In Context

32There they brought him a deaf man who also could not speak properly. They asked Jesus to touch the man with his hand and heal him.

34Jesus looked up to heaven and with a sigh he said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Open!”

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:19“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He picked him up from her arms, carried him upstairs to the room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.

2 Kings 4:33He went in, shut the door behind them both, and prayed to the Lord.

Mark 8:23Jesus took the blind man by the hand and took him outside the village. Jesus spat on the man's eyes and touched him with his hands. Then Jesus asked him, “Can you see anything?”

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 →

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