Mark 7:33
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
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he took.

Mark 5:40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he takes the father and the mother of the damsel...

Mark 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands on him...

1 Kings 17:19-22 And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he stayed...

2 Kings 4:4-6,33,34 And when you are come in, you shall shut the door on you and on your sons, and shall pour out into all those vessels...

John 9:6,7 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay...

put. This was clearly a symbolical action; for these remedies evidently could not, by their natural efficacy, avail to produce so wonderful an effect. As the ears of the deaf appear closed, he applies his fingers to intimate that he would open them; and as the tongue of the dumb seems to be tied, or to cleave to the palate, he touches it, to intimate he would give loose and free motion to it. He accommodated himself to the weakness of those who might not indeed doubt his power, but fancy some external sign was requisite to healing. It was also thus made manifest, that this salutiferous power came from Himself, and that He who by one word, [ephphatha,] had healed the man, must be Divine.



Context
Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man

31And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the coasts of Decapolis. 32And they bring to him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand on him. 33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plain. 36And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 37And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He has done all things well: he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;


Douay-Rheims Bible
And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue:


Darby Bible Translation
And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue;


King James Bible
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;


Young's Literal Translation
And having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue,


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