Jesus Heals a Deaf Man

Meditations of the Gospel of Mark

September 3, 2020

Jesus Heals a Deaf Man

They were completely amazed and said again and again, “Everything he does is wonderful. He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who cannot speak.”

Mark 7:37

Read: Mark 7: 31-37

For the Jews, the way Mark describes the healing of the deaf and mute man would immediately recall the words of Isaiah 35: 5-6a,

And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind

and unplug the ears of the deaf.

The lame will leap like a deer,

and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!

The connection of the healing of the deaf man and Isaiah’s prophecy of the coming of God’s Messiah explain Mark’s closing observation:

Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news. They were completely amazed and said again and again, “Everything he does is wonderful. He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who cannot speak.”

Mark 7:36-37

My Takeaway: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). So, what I am experiencing in Jesus that compels me to be amazed? Do I  say again and again, “Everything he does is wonderful?”  How about you?

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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