Healing a deaf man with a speech impediment
(Mark 7:31-37)
After Jesus left the region of Tyre, some people brought to him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking. Jesus miraculously healed the man of both ailments. As explained in the Gospel of Mark:
After Jesus left the region of Tyre, some people brought to him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking. Jesus miraculously healed the man of both ailments. As explained in the Gospel of Mark:
Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through
Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly
talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.
After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into
the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue. He looked up
to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means
"Be opened!"). At this, the man's ears were opened, his tongue was
loosened and he began to speak plainly.
Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement. "He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."
Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement. "He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."