And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.Ephphatha — This was a word of SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY, not an address to God for power to heal: such an address was needless; for Christ had a perpetual fund of power residing in himself, to work all miracles whenever he pleased, even to the raising the dead, John 5:21,26. read more
And 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;Them — The blind man and those that brought him. read more
§ 67. HEALING OF THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN’S DAUGHTER, Mark 7:24-30 . (See notes on Matthew 15:21-28.) read more
§ 68. HEALING DEAFNESS AND IMPEDIMENT, Mark 7:31-37 . 32. One that was deaf That had become so since his birth and learning to speak. An impediment in his speech A defect of utterance, as some think, which had grown upon him from not hearing his own voice, as is often the case. It was more probably a tongue tie in addition to his deafness, as appears by the description of the cure in Mark 7:35. read more
33. Took him aside In performing his miracles our Lord used various modes of manifesting his putting forth his divine efficiency, representing to our external senses that secret act of power which the sense cannot see. Of course some external sign was needed to show to others that the result really proceeded from his will, and that the causation really went out from his person, to accomplish the thing. Sometimes he spoke a word directing the thing to take place. Sometimes he put forth... read more
34. Looking up to heaven He thereby declares that it is by no earthly or demoniac power that he performs this work, but by his oneness with the Father in heaven. Sighed Either a deep aspiration to God, or a sigh for the woes which it is his mission to compassionate. Ephphatha Here, as in the case of the words “Talitha cumi,” which pierced the dead ear of the maiden, Mark preserves the very word in the very language uttered. These words, which were impregnated with a power to pierce... read more
35. The string of his tongue was loosed This cannot be well understood in a metaphorical sense, and therefore clearly shows that it was a case of a fettering membrane upon the tongue. read more
36. Tell no man The palace of Herod at Cesarea Philippi was not distant, and mercy and miracle must in this guilty world work in secret. read more
37. He hath done all things well There is not, as some commentators seem to think, any intended allusion here to the sanction passed by the Creator upon his own works as being very good. Genesis 1:31. But the present words are none the less a significant echo. For the works of the new creation, like those of the old, are indeed very good, and all things done well. Both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak As is shown in the case of the single person now saved. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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;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 pleases: even though there should be no proportion or resemblance between the means used, and the benefit to be conveyed thereby. read more