Mark 7:33

So Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put his finger in the man’s ears, and moistened his tongue with saliva;

Montgomery New Testament

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

32And they brought to him a deaf man who stammered, and begged him to lay his hands upon him.

34then looking up to heaven with a sigh, he said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened.")

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Cross References

Mark 8:23Taking the blind man by the hand, he led him outside the village; and, after spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, "Can you make out 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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