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Mark 7:33

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 33 And he took him aside privately, away from the crowd. Then he put his fingers into the man’s ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.+

Mark 7:33

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 33 καὶ And ἀπολαβόμενος having taken away αὐτὸν him ἀπὸ from τοῦ the ὄχλου crowd κατ’ according to ἰδίαν private [spot] ἔβαλεν he thrust τοὺς the δακτύλους fingers αὐτοῦ of him εἰς into τὰ the ὦτα ears αὐτοῦ of him καὶ and πτύσας having spit ἥψατο he touched τῆς the γλώσσης tongue αὐτοῦ, of him,

Mark 7:33

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 33 And he took him away from the crowd privately and put his fingers into the man’s ears and, after spitting, he touched his tongue.+

Mark 7:33

The Bible in Living English
- 33 and he took him away from the crowd by himself and ran his fingers into his ears, and spat and touched his tongue,

Mark 7:33

American Standard Version
- 33 And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;

Mark 7:33

The Emphasized Bible
- 33 And taking him away from the multitude apart he thrust his fingers into his ears, and spitting touched his tongue;

Mark 7:33

King James Version
- 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

Mark Study Notes—Chapter 7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 7:33
  
  took him aside privately: This was not something Jesus usually did when healing the sick. He may have desired to avoid embarrassing the man. Jesus wanted to help him in the kindest way possible.
  
  spitting: Some among both Jews and Gentiles considered spitting a means or sign of healing. So Jesus may have spit simply to convey to the man that he was about to be healed. Whatever the case, Jesus was not using his saliva as a natural healing agent.