Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Mark 7:36
Tell no man - Do not noise it abroad. He was not ambitious of being known, and he knew that if much was said of his cures, it would excite the jealousy of the Pharisees and endanger his life.
Tell no man - Do not noise it abroad. He was not ambitious of being known, and he knew that if much was said of his cures, it would excite the jealousy of the Pharisees and endanger his life.
Verse Mark 7:36. _TELL NO MAN_] Matthew 8:4. This miracle is not mentioned by any other of the evangelists. Another proof that Mark did not _abridge_ Matthew. For a practical review of the different...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Opposition of the Pharisees. (Mark 7:1 .Matthew 15:1)_ 2. Grace shown to the Syrophenician Woman. (Mark 7:24. Matthew
THE HEALING OF A DEAF-MUTE. The cure of the Syro-Phœ nician woman's daughter threatens the privacy Jesus sought in Tyre. He therefore withdraws to Decapolis (another Gentile district, Matthew 4:25 *),...
He went away again from the regions of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the regions of the Decapolis. They brought to him a man who was deaf and who had an impediment in his...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Mark 7:1-4)...
PUBLISHED. kept proclaiming. See App-121....
_he charged them_ i. e. the friends of the afflicted man, who had accompanied or followed him into the presence of his Healer. _so much the more_ Observe the accumulation of comparatives, "_The more_...
ΔΙΕΣΤΕΊΛΑΤΟ. See on Mark 5:19; Mark 5:43. He gave the charge once; and then, the more He repeated it (διεστέλλετο), the more they continued to disregard it (ἐκήρυσσον). The comparative is sometimes st...
31–37. RETURN TO DECAPOLIS HEALING OF A DEAF STAMMERER Cf. Matthew 15:29-31...
Ver 31. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32. And they bring unto Him one that was deaf, and had an...
_JESUS HEALED A DEAF MAN MARK 7:31-37:_ Soon after the events with the Syrophenician woman Jesus went to the ten city region of Decapolis on the east side of the Jordan. There a deaf man was brought t...
ΔΙΕΣΤΕΊΛΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΑΣΤΈΛΛΟΜΑΙ (G1291) повелевать, приказывать. ΛΈΓΩΣΙΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004). _Conj._ в _прид._, выступающем как объект гл. ΔΙΕΣΤΈΛΛΕΤΟ _impf. ind....
DISCOURSE: 1430 THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN HEALED Mark 7:32. And they bring unto hint one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him...
AND HE CHARGED THEM, &C.— See on Matthew 8:4. Dr. Stanhope, in the 3rd vol. of his Comment. on the Epistles and Gospels, p. 397 assigns the following reasons for our Saviour's forbidding the publicati...
_SUMMARY 7:24_8:13 This section contains an account of three more remarkable miraclesthe expulsion of a demon from the Gentile woman's daughter; the restoration of speech and hearing to the deaf stamm...
2. HEALING A DEAF MUTE 7:31-37 _TEXT 7:31-37_ And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. And they b...
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; AND HE CHARGED THEM THAT THEY SHOULD TELL NO MAN. Into this very reg...
31-37 Compare Mat_15:29-31. 32 The meeting with the Greek woman of Syro-Phoenicia suggests a phase of kingdom service for which Israel, in our Lord's day, was utterly incapable. In Jehovah's day the L...
EATING WITH UNWASHED HANDS. THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN. HEALING OF A DEAF MAN 1-23. Eating with unwashed hands (Matthew 15:1). See on Mt. 3, 4. A note added by St. Mark for the benefit of his Gentile...
THE DEAF MAN WITH AN IMPEDIMENT IN HIS SPEECH (peculiar to Mk). This miracle is selected by Mk for its unusual character. Usually our Lord healed instantaneously, here by stages: usually by a word, he...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 7 GOD’S PEOPLE MUST BE DIFFERENT VERSES 1-16 God’s people should not do all the sa...
CHAPTER 7:31-37 (MARK 7:31) THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN "And again He went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. And t...
μᾶλλον περισσότερον, a double comparative, forcibly rendered in A.V [67], “So much the more, a great deal”. _Cf._ 2 Corinthians 7:13. This use of μᾶλλον to strengthen comparatives is found in classics...
_Cure of a deaf-mute_, peculiar to Mk. Mt. has, instead, a renewal of the healing ministry on an extensive scale, the thing Jesus desired to avoid (Mark 15:29-31)....
A MOTHER'S FAITH REWARDED Mark 7:24-37 Before faith can be fully exercised we must take the right attitude toward Christ. His mission at that time was to the Jewish people; they were the _children._...
In strong and clear language the Master denounced tradition as contrary to the commandment of God. 1. Things from without do not defile, and therefore are not sin. Temptation is not sin. 2. Only tha...
DEAF & DUMB HEALED Matthew 15:29-31; Mark 7:31-37. _“And again having gone out from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the Sea of Galilee, in the midst of the coasts of Decapolis;”_ this word is...
(31) And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. (32) And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an i...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
36._Then he enjoined them not to tell it to any person. _Many commentators torture these _injunctions _to an opposite meaning, as if Christ had purposely excited them to spread abroad the fame of the...
The ruling power in exercise among the Jews had shewn itself hostile to the testimony of God, and had put to death the one whom He had sent in the way of righteousness. The scribes, and those who pret...
AND HE CHARGED THEM,.... The man that had his hearing and speech restored to him, and those that brought him, and as many as were witnesses of the miracle: THAT THEY SHOULD TELL NO MAN; of the cure t...
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_; Ver. 36. _So much the more_] _Eo magis praefulgebat utique quia non...
_He came unto the sea of Galilee_, &c. See note on Matthew 15:29. _They bring unto him one that was deaf and had an impediment_, &c. Greek, Μογιλαλον : “He was not absolutely dumb, but stammered to su...
The healing:...
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;...
TITLE: Does all things well TEXT: Mark 7:36-37 PROPOSITION: QUESTION: KEY WORD: SCRIPTURE READING: INTRODUCTION: 1. Preachers must be a jack-of-all-trades, and master of one (Bible). 2. Must know fa...
31-37 Here is a cure of one that was deaf and dumb. Those who brought this poor man to Christ, besought him to observe the case, and put forth his power. Our Lord used more outward actions in the doi...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 7:31...
Mark 7:36 Then G2532 commanded G1291 (G5668) them G846 that G2443 tell G2036 (G5632) one G3367 but...
THE HEALING OF THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN (7:31-37). Continuing His ministry in Gentile territory Jesus entered the region of Decapolis where He had exorcised the Gadarene ex-demoniac and there performed a...
‘And he charged them that they should tell no man, but the more he charged them the more they spread it widely (published it a great deal).' The restoration in this manner was intended to be a lesson...
Mark 7:36. CHARGED THEM, etc. The prohibition was mainly to prevent excessive zeal among these mountaineers (comp. Matthew 15:30-31)....
Compare notes on Matthew 15:21-39. The miracle (Mark 7:32-37) is peculiar to Mark and of special interest....
SO MUCH THE MORE A GREAT DEAL THEY PUBLISHED IT (αυτο μαλλον περισσοτερον εκηρυσσον). Imperfect tense, continued action. Double comparative as occurs elsewhere for emphasis as in Philippians 1:23 "m...
Mark 7:32 The Deaf and Dumb. I. Our Lord healed the deaf and dumb man miraculously, by means at which we cannot guess, which we cannot even conceive. But the healing signified at least two things tha...
CONTENTS: Jesus rebukes Pharisees. Healing of daughter of Syrophenician woman and a deaf and dumb man. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pharisees, scribes, disciples, Syrophenician woman, her daughter, deaf man, I...
Mark 7:3. _The pharisees, and all the jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not._ Their traditionary laws, which enjoined all possible corporeal purity, were built on the notion that a person mi...
NOT TO SPEAK OF IT. See note on Matthew 8:4. Jesus did not do his miracles to honor himself....
_And they bring unto Him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech._ THE PATTERN OF SERVICE The “missionary spirit” is but one aspect of the Christian life. We shall only strengthen the...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 7:36 TO TELL NO ONE. See Mark 1:45; Mark 5:20,...
THE CROWD MARVELS AT JESUS' HEALINGS MATTHEW 15:29-31; MARK 7:31-37; MATTHEW 15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down ther...
CHAPTER 7 1 _The Pharisees find fault at the disciples for eating with unwashen hands_. 8 _They break the commandment of God by the traditions of men_. 14 _Meat defileth not the man_. 24 _He healeth t...
_He charged them that they should tell no man._ This was not properly a command, involving a fault if disobeyed, but merely a token of urbanity and modesty, that, indeed, He might signify He would not...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 7:31. For true reading see R. V. _Through Sidon_—not necessarily the city. The object of this long _détour_ was to obtain much-needed retirement and rest. Mark 7...
EXPOSITION MARK 7:1, MARK 7:2 These verses, according to the Greek construction, should run thus: AND THERE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO THE PHARISEES, AND CERTAIN OF THE scribes, which had come from J...
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem (Mark 7:1). They came on up from Jerusalem to the area of Galilee. And when they saw some of his disci...
Mark 1:44; Mark 1:45; Mark 3:12; Mark 5:43; Mark 8:26...
Charged [δ ι ε σ τ ε ι λ α τ ο]. The verb means, first, to separate; then to define or distinguish; and as that which is separated and distinguished is emphasized, to command or straitly charge....
Them — The blind man and those that brought him....