αἱ ἀκοαί, literally, the hearings, here the instruments of hearing, the ears. So often in classics. ἐλάλει ὀρθῶς, he began to speak in a proper or ordinary manner, implying that in his dumb condition he had been able only to make inarticulate sounds.
MARK 7:35 kai. @euvqe,wj# {C} Mark’s fondness for euvqu,j (which sometimes appears as euvqe,wj in various manuscripts) makes it probable that the adverb was employed either here or before evlu,qh. Th...
Verse Mark 7:35. _HE SPAKE PLAIN._] ορθως, _distinctly, without_ _stammering_. One MS. has, _And he spoke, praising God_. There is no doubt of this: but the evangelist, I think, did not write these wo...
THE STRING OF HIS TONGUE WAS LOOSED - The difficulty in his speaking was removed....
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Opposition of the Pharisees. (Mark 7:1 .Matthew 15:1)_ 2. Grace shown to the Syrophenician Woman. (Mark 7:24. Matthew
THE HEALING OF A DEAF-MUTE. The cure of the Syro-Phœ nician woman's daughter threatens the privacy Jesus sought in Tyre. He therefore withdraws to Decapolis (another Gentile district, Matthew 4:25 *),...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Mark 7:1-4)...
He went away again from the regions of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the regions of the Decapolis. They brought to him a man who was deaf and who had an impediment in his...
STRAIGHTWAY. immediately. See note on Mark 1:10; Mark 1:12. STRING. band. Not. physiological or technical ex pression, but the bond of demoniac influence which is thus indicated. The Papyri contain de...
35. [1525][1526][1527][1528][1529] omit εὐθέως. ἨΝΟΊΓΗΣΑΝ ([1530][1531][1532][1533]) rather than διηνοίχθησαν ([1534][1535][1536][1537][1538]). See WH. _App._ p. 170; Deissmann, _Bib. St._ p. 189; Vei...
31–37. RETURN TO DECAPOLIS HEALING OF A DEAF STAMMERER Cf. Matthew 15:29-31...
Ver 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...
_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 t...
ΉΝΟΊΓΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать, ΈΛΎΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΛΎΩ (G3089) развязывать, ΈΛΆΛΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить. Inch, _impf._, "он начал говорить" ΌΡ...
DISCOURSE: 1430 THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN HEALED Mark 7:32. And they bring unto hint one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him...
_SUMMARY 7:24_8:13 This section contains an account of three more remarkable miraclesthe expulsion of a demon from the Gentile woman's daughter; the restoration of speech and hearing to the deaf stamm...
2. HEALING A DEAF MUTE 7:31-37 _TEXT 7:31-37_ And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. And they b...
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. AND STRAIGHTWAY HIS EARS WERE OPENED. This is mentioned first, as the source of the other derange...
31-37 Compare Mat_15:29-31. 32 The meeting with the Greek woman of Syro-Phoenicia suggests a phase of kingdom service for which Israel, in our Lord's day, was utterly incapable. In Jehovah's day the L...
EATING WITH UNWASHED HANDS. THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN. HEALING OF A DEAF MAN 1-23. Eating with unwashed hands (Matthew 15:1). See on Mt. 3, 4. A note added by St. Mark for the benefit of his Gentile...
THE DEAF MAN WITH AN IMPEDIMENT IN HIS SPEECH (peculiar to Mk). This miracle is selected by Mk for its unusual character. Usually our Lord healed instantaneously, here by stages: usually by a word, he...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 7 GOD’S PEOPLE MUST BE DIFFERENT VERSES 1-16 God’s people should not do all the sa...
CHAPTER 7:31-37 (MARK 7:31) THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN "And again He went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. And t...
A MOTHER'S FAITH REWARDED Mark 7:24-37 Before faith can be fully exercised we must take the right attitude toward Christ. His mission at that time was to the Jewish people; they were the _children._...
In strong and clear language the Master denounced tradition as contrary to the commandment of God. 1. Things from without do not defile, and therefore are not sin. Temptation is not sin. 2. Only tha...
DEAF & DUMB HEALED Matthew 15:29-31; Mark 7:31-37. _“And again having gone out from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the Sea of Galilee, in the midst of the coasts of Decapolis;”_ this word is...
(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 i...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
_‘EPHPHATHA!’_ ‘He sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.’ Mark 7:34 I. THE HEARING EAR.—It is certain that an important part of the work of Divine grace is to give to the soul...
_HEARING AND SPEECH RESTORED BY CHRIST_ ‘They bring unto Him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech … And straightway his ears were opened … and he spake plain.’ Mark 7:32 Here is a...
The ruling power in exercise among the Jews had shewn itself hostile to the testimony of God, and had put to death the one whom He had sent in the way of righteousness. The scribes, and those who pret...
AND STRAIGHTWAY HIS EARS WERE OPENED,.... It is in the Greek text, "his hearings"; the instruments of his hearing, and so rightly rendered, "his ears": the Persic version reads, "both his ears"; but t...
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. Ver. 35. _His ears were opened_] So are the ears of all that belong to Christ, and their tongues loo...
_He came unto the sea of Galilee_, &c. See note on Matthew 15:29. _They bring unto him one that was deaf and had an impediment_, &c. Greek, Μογιλαλον : “He was not absolutely dumb, but stammered to su...
THE STRING OF HIS TONGUE; more literally, the band of his tongue, meaning that which hindered its use....
The healing:...
AND STRAIGHTWAY HIS EARS WERE OPENED, AND THE STRING OF HIS TONGUE WAS LOOSED, AND HE SPAKE PLAIN....
31-37 Here is a cure of one that was deaf and dumb. Those who brought this poor man to Christ, besought him to observe the case, and put forth his power. Our Lord used more outward actions in the doi...
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Mark 7:35 G2532 Immediately G2112 his G846 ears G189 opened G1272 (G5681) and G2532 impediment G1199 his...
THE HEALING OF THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN (7:31-37). Continuing His ministry in Gentile territory Jesus entered the region of Decapolis where He had exorcised the Gadarene ex-demoniac and there performed a...
‘And he took him aside from the crowd privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue, and looking up to heaven he sighed and says to him, “Ephphatha”, that is, “Be op...
Mark 7:35. THE STRING OF HIS TONGUE, the impediment, whatever it was, was loosed, was removed. AND HE SPAKE PLAINLY (or ‘rightly ‘). It is not necessarily implied that he was able to speak in some wa...
Compare notes on Matthew 15:21-39. The miracle (Mark 7:32-37) is peculiar to Mark and of special interest....
HE SPAKE PLAIN (ελαλε ορθως). He began to speak correctly. Inchoative imperfect tense....
Mark 7:32 The Deaf and Dumb. I. Our Lord healed the deaf and dumb man miraculously, by means at which we cannot guess, which we cannot even conceive. But the healing signified at least two things tha...
Mark 7:32 I. The friends brought their suffering friend to ask for him the Lord's healing hand. He did not refuse their prayer. He gave them what they asked. But He sighed as He gave it sighed, no dou...
CONTENTS: Jesus rebukes Pharisees. Healing of daughter of Syrophenician woman and a deaf and dumb man. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pharisees, scribes, disciples, Syrophenician woman, her daughter, deaf man, I...
Mark 7:3. _The pharisees, and all the jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not._ Their traditionary laws, which enjoined all possible corporeal purity, were built on the notion that a person mi...
AT ONCE THE MAN'S EARS WERE OPENED. All traces of the disease vanished immediately!...
_And they bring unto Him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech._ THE PATTERN OF SERVICE The “missionary spirit” is but one aspect of the Christian life. We shall only strengthen the...
THE CROWD MARVELS AT JESUS' HEALINGS MATTHEW 15:29-31; MARK 7:31-37; MATTHEW 15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down ther...
CHAPTER 7 1 _The Pharisees find fault at the disciples for eating with unwashen hands_. 8 _They break the commandment of God by the traditions of men_. 14 _Meat defileth not the man_. 24 _He healeth t...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 7:31. For true reading see R. V. _Through Sidon_—not necessarily the city. The object of this long _détour_ was to obtain much-needed retirement and rest. Mark 7...
EXPOSITION MARK 7:1, MARK 7:2 These verses, according to the Greek construction, should run thus: AND THERE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO THE PHARISEES, AND CERTAIN OF THE scribes, which had come from J...
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem (Mark 7:1). They came on up from Jerusalem to the area of Galilee. And when they saw some of his disci...
Isaiah 32:3; Isaiah 32:4; Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 35:6; Mark 2:12;...
Plain [ο ρ θ ω ς]. Lit., rightly. So Wyc....