King James Version
What Does Mark 7:32 Mean?
“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.”
Context
30
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(32) **They bring unto him one that was deaf.**—The narrative that follows is peculiar to St. Mark. The locality is not named, but was probably somewhere near the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
**Had an impediment in his speech.**—The English rendering is quite accurate, but it may be noted that the word which St. Mark uses stands for “dumb” in the Greek version of Isaiah 35:6, and may therefore have been used by him to connect the miracle which he describes with that prophecy.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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