Mark 7:31-37

Jesus Healed a Deaf Man Mark 7:31-37: Soon after the events with the Syrophenician woman Jesus went to the ten city region of Decapolis on the east side of the Jordan. There a deaf man was brought to Him. The man also had difficulty speaking. Often those that have never heard speech have problems trying to speak clearly. They desired that Jesus would put His hands on this man and heal him. In a most unusual moment Jesus took the man aside from the crowd. He put His fingers into the man's ears and spat and touched his tongue. He looked up to heaven and said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “be opened!” Jesus could have healed the man in any way He saw fit but in this case He did chose to touch him.

When Jesus said “Ephphatha,” which means, “be opened,” the result was immediate. Jesus looked up to God in heaven because they always work as partners. The Bible says, "His ears were opened, his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak distinctly and as he should." (Mark 7:35) Jesus commanded them to tell no man because He did not want them thinking that He was doing miracles just to become famous. His desire was to convince people that He is the Son of God. But the more He commanded them not to tell anyone, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astonished at Jesus. They said, "He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak." The proof that Jesus did all things well was in the fact that here is this man that they all were aquatinted with and now he can both hear and speak clearly.