Mark 7:33 (BSB)
So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
Commentary on Mark 7:33
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Mark 7:33: 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 perceiving at a distance the glory of his Divine nature, and partly that he might have a better opportunity of pouring out earnest prayer.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 7:31-37: Our Lord Jesus seldom staid long in a place, for he knew where his work lay, and attended the changes of it. When he had cured the woman of Canaan's daughter, he had done what he had to do in that place, and therefore presently left those parts, and returned to the sea of Galilee, whereabout his usual residence was; yet he did not come...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 7:33: And looking up to heaven,.... To his Father there, by whom he was sent, and from whom, as man, he received his authority and power; though this was not for assistance in the working of this miracle, which he had power to do of himself; nor do we find that he put up any request to his Father: but he seems to have made use...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 7:33: Verse 33. 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 none might attempt to cure in a similar way. And put his fingers into his ears, etc. Why this was done it has been found exceedingly difficult to explain.