Mark 7:33

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus acts on a deaf and barely speechless man brought by a crowd. He removes the man aside from the gathering before applying physical contact to his ears and tongue.

The words — ἀπολαβόμενος (apolabomenos) means "having taken away," and ἰδία (idia) denotes "privately," describing Jesus isolating the man from the crowd.

The thread — This pattern of private, tactile healing parallels Jesus leading a blind man out of a village in Mark 8:23, applying mud in John 9:6, and clearing a house in Mark 5:40.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine healing operates through deliberate, physical means rather than abstract command alone. It asks the reader to observe how Jesus accommodates human sensory limitation in his restorative work.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Mark 8:23 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.
John 9:6 When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
Mark 5:40 And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.
1 Kings 17:19 But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
2 Kings 4:33 So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
2 Kings 4:4 Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”