Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Mark 7:33
Put [ε β α λ ε ν]. Lit., threw : thrust.
Put [ε β α λ ε ν]. Lit., threw : thrust.
Verse 33. _AND HE SPIT, AND TOUCHED HIS TONGUE_] This place is exceedingly difficult. There is scarcely an action of our Lord's life but one can see an _evident reason_ for, except this. Various inter...
AND HE TOOK HIM ASIDE FROM THE MULTITUDE - Why this was done we have no means of information. It might have been to conceal from the multitude everything respecting the “manner” of cure, in order that...
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 *),...
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...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Mark 7:1-4)...
MULTITUDE. crowd, same as "people" in Mark 7:14. PUT. thrust. Not the some word as in Mark 7:32. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), particularising each not....
_aside from the multitude_ Comp. Mark 8:23. Why? (1) Some think it was to avoid all show and ostentation; (2) others, to prevent a publicity which might bring together the Gentiles in crowds; (3) othe...
ἈΠΟΛΑΒΌΜΕΝΟΣ. It was necessary to free the man from all distraction; this taking him apart and the using of appropriate means increased his confidence in Christ’s goodwill and power. Spittle was belie...
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...
ΆΠΟΛΑΒΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. part. (temp.) от_ ΑΠΟΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G618) забирать, отводить человека в сторону, чтобы остаться наедине, ΈΒΑΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать; здесь в _знач._ "вкладывать...
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...
AND HAD AN IMPEDIMENT IN HIS SPEECH:— Μογιλαλον. He was not absolutely _dumb,_ but stammered to such a degree, that few understood his speech, Mark 7:35. However, the circumstance of his being able to...
_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 he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; AND HE TOOK HIM ASIDE FROM THE MULTITUDE - as in another case He "took the blind ma...
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...
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...
SPIT] RV 'spat': see John 9:6. 'He spat on his tongue, using a means of healing accepted in popular opinion of Jew and Gentile. The use of saliva for cures is universally recognised by the rabbis' (Ed...
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...
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...
_Cure of a deaf-mute_, peculiar to Mk. Mt. has, instead, a renewal of the healing ministry on an extensive scale, the thing Jesus desired to avoid (Mark 15:29-31)....
ἀπολαβόμενος, etc., withdrawing him from the crowd apart. Many reasons have been assigned for this procedure. The true reason, doubtless, is that Jesus did not wish to be drawn into a new ministry of...
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...
_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...
_ASIDE FROM THE MULTITUDE_ ‘And He took him aside from the multitude.’ Mark 7:33 Our Lord seems to have taken this man apart from the multitude. This is unusual. I. ASIDE FROM THE MULTITUDE.—As we...
33._And when he had taken him aside from the multitude. _This was done, partly to afford to those who were ignorant, and not yet sufficiently qualified for becoming witnesses, an opportunity of percei...
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 HE TOOK HIM ASIDE FROM THE MULTITUDE,.... To shun all appearance of ostentation and vain glory: AND PUT HIS FINGERS INTO HIS EARS; the finger of his right hand into his left ear, and the finger o...
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; Ver. 33. _And he took him aside, &c._] Though these men's faith was but weak, yet he...
_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 healing:...
AND HE TOOK HIM ASIDE FROM THE MULTITUDE, AND PUT HIS: FINGERS INTO HIS EARS, AND HE SPIT, AND TOUCHED HIS TONGUE;...
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 7:33 And G2532 took G618 (G5642) him G846 aside G2596 G2398 from G575 multitude G3793 put...
‘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...
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...
Compare notes on Matthew 15:21-39. The miracle (Mark 7:32-37) is peculiar to Mark and of special interest....
Mark 7:33. TOOK HIM ASIDE FROM THE MULTITUDE APART (or, ‘by himself'). This may have been in consequence of some peculiarity in the _man_ himself, or in the spectators. The people of that district (se...
TOOK HIM ASIDE (απολαβομενος αυτον). The secrecy here observed was partly to avoid excitement and partly to get the attention of the deaf and dumb demoniac. He could not hear what Jesus said. So Jes...
Mark 7:33 The Pattern of Service. I. We have here set forth the foundation and condition of all true work for God in our Lord's heavenward look. We are fully warranted in supposing that that wistful...
Mark 7:33 I. Our Lord seems to have taken this man apart. He may have intended the multitude to follow with their eyes that which He was about, that the might that there was in the action, the might t...
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...
PUT HIS FINGERS IN THE MAN'S EARS. Is this case unique, or did Jesus work this way at other times? No one can say for sure. Johnson believes Jesus did these things to produce faith in the man. Jesus p...
_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...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 7:33 Unlike his other healings, Jesus uses physical means to heal the man. This allows him to illustrate the problem of spiritual deafness and blindness (see Mark 8:17,...
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...
_And spitting_, _He touched his tongue._ Christ wrought harmoniously, as though by His healing saliva He would moisten and loosen the dumb mouth, which was bound through drought. Now He spat not upon...
_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...
1 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 4:33; 2 Kings 4:34; 2 Kings 4:4; John 9:6;...
He put his fingers into his ears — Perhaps intending to teach us, that we are not to prescribe to him (as they who brought this man attempted to do) but to expect his blessing by whatsoever means he p...