Mark 7:33

So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd. Then he put his fingers into the man's ears, spit, and touched the man's tongue.

Text-Critical English NT

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

32Some people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on the man.

34And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha” (that is, “Be opened”).

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Cross References

Mark 8:23So he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then he spit on the man's eyes, laid his hands on him, and asked him if he saw 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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