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

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Took him aside (απολαβομενος αυτον). The secrecy here observed was partly to avoid excitement and partly to get the attention of t…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And he took him aside from the multitude. Why this was done we have no means of information. It might have been to conceal from the multit…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

He took him aside from the multitude.—We trace in this, and in the manual acts that followed, the same tender considerate…

Church Fathers

Church Fathers

ChurchFathers

1st Century
Early Church
1st Century

Theophylact of Ohrid: The Lord did not wish to stay in the regions of the Gentiles, so that He would not give the Jews an o…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

In order to deal more personally with the mute, Jesus took him aside from the crowd. Here his actions seem to be done to help the man exercise fait…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And when He had taken him aside from the multitude. This was done, partly to give those who were ignorant and not yet sufficiently qualifi…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he took him aside from the multitude
To shun all appearance of ostentation and vain glory:

an…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

This passage describes the cure of a man who was deaf and mute. Those who brought this poor man to Christ implored Him to consider his condition an…

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