Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Mark 7:37
Beyond measure - Exceedingly; very much. In the Greek, “Very abundantly.”
He hath done all things well - All things in a remarkable manner; or, he has perfectly effected the cure of this deaf-mute.
Beyond measure - Exceedingly; very much. In the Greek, “Very abundantly.”
He hath done all things well - All things in a remarkable manner; or, he has perfectly effected the cure of this deaf-mute.
Verse Mark 7:37. _HE HATH DONE ALL THINGS WELL_] This has been, and ever will be, true of every part of our Lord's conduct. In _creation, providence_, and _redemption_ he hath done all things _well._...
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 *),...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Mark 7:1-4)...
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...
ὙΠΕΡΠΕΡΙΣΣΩ͂Σ. Here only in Bibl. Grk, and perhaps nowhere else. see on 2 Corinthians 7:4. ἘΞΕΠΛΉΣΣΟΝΤΟ. See on Mark 1:22. This is simple history; Mk is not suggesting in an allegory the conversion o...
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...
ΎΠΕΡΠΕΡΙΣΣΏΣ (G5249) _adv._ сверх всякой меры, чрезмерно, ΈΞΕΠΛΉΣΣΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. med._/pass, от ΈΚΠΛΉΣΣΩ (G1605) быть ошеломленным (_см._ Mark 1:22). ΛΈΓΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004)....
HE HATH DONE ALL THINGS WELL— Καλως,— in a most amiable and graceful manner, as well as to the utmost perfection. They were struck with his sympathetic tenderness for the afflicted, and admired his mo...
_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 were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. AND WERE BEYOND MEASURE ASTONISHED, SAYING, HE HATH DONE ALL THINGS...
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...
7:37 does (c-9) Or 'has done.' the perfect tense....
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...
ὑπερπερισσῶς, superabundantly, a double superlative; here only. καλῶς π. πεποίηκε, He hath done all things well. This looks like a reflection on past as well as present; the story of the demoniac, _e....
_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...
_ REFLECTIONS._ READER! let us pause over the awful view of the deceitfulness of the human heart, as read to us in those Scribes and Pharisees! While full of uncleanness, and all manner of hypocrisy,...
(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...
_THE TESTIMONY OF THE MULTITUDE_ ‘He hath done all things well.’ Mark 7:37 Undoubtedly this is one of those comprehensive utterances in which there is more included than was intended by those from...
37._He hath done all things well. _Matthew, after collecting many miracles, concludes by saying that _the multitudes wondered, and glorified the God of Israel; _that is, because God, taking unusual me...
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 WERE BEYOND MEASURE ASTONISHED,.... The man that was cured, the men that brought him, and the whole multitude were exceedingly, beyond all expression, amazed at what was done, in this case, and ma...
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. Ver. 37. _He hath done all things well_] Praise we him much more for...
_And were beyond measure astonished_ Both at what was done, and at the amiable spirit of him who did it. _And said, He hath done all things well_ Performed the most extraordinary cures in the most hum...
The healing:...
AND WERE BEYOND MEASURE ASTONISHED, SAYING, HE HATH DONE ALL THINGS WELL: HE MAKETH BOTH THE DEAF TO HEAR, AND THE DUMB TO SPEAK. Mark gives a very circumstantial account of the healing, relating ever...
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...
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Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV A power worthy of admiration,[345]...
Mark 7:37 And G2532 astonished G1605 (G5712) measure G5249 saying G3004 (G5723) done G4160 (G5758) things...
‘And they were astonished above what can be measured, saying “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.” ' The result was huge astonishment all round. This wa...
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...
Mark 7:37. BEYOND MEASURE. Their excessive zeal was equalled by their excessive astonishment. HE HATH DONE ALL THINGS WELL. Perhaps an allusion to Genesis 1:31; the same Power and Beneficence were m...
Compare notes on Matthew 15:21-39. The miracle (Mark 7:32-37) is peculiar to Mark and of special interest....
HE HATH DONE ALL THINGS WELL (Καλως παντα πεποιηκεν). The present perfect active shows the settled convictions of these people about Jesus. Their great amazement (υπερπερισσως εξεπλησσοντο), imperf...
Mark 7:37 Low Estimate of the Church's Work. Let us compare the danger, to which we are open, of taking a low estimate of the Church with the popular view once taken of the ministry of our Blessed L...
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...
HOW WELL HE DOES EVERYTHING! This can be understood in the sense of Genesis 1:31; Colossians 1:15-17. They were completely amazed, because no one had ever done what Jesus was doing. HE EVEN MAKES. Alw...
_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...
_He hath done all things well._ EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST’S OPERATIONS I. The excellency of Christ’s operations. “He hath done all things well;” as is apparent- 1. In the magnificence of His operations....
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...
_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...
Acts 14:11; Acts 2:7; Acts 3:10; Exodus 4:10; Exodus 4:11;...
Astonished. See on Matthew 7:28. To speak [λ α λ ε ι ν]. See on Matthew 28:18. The emphasis is not on the matter, but on the fact of speech....