Mark 7:32
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
KJV
καὶ φέρουσιν αὐτῷ κωφὸν καὶ μογιλάλον, καὶ παρακαλοῦσιν αὐτὸν ἵνα ἐπιθῇ αὐτῷ τὴν χεῖρα.
Greek NT
Et adducunt ei surdum, et mutum, et deprecabantur eum, ut imponat illi manum.
Vulgate
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.
ASV
And they bring to him one deaf and dumb: and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μογιλάλον — SBLGNT
- μογιλάλον — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μογγιλάλον — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1504Often Jesus asks the sick to believe.107 He makes use of signs to heal: spittle and the laying on of hands,108 mud and washing.109 The sick try to touch him, "for power came forth from him and healed them all."110 and so in the sacraments Christ continues to "touch" us in order to heal us.
Cross-references
- Isa 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
- Luke 1:64 — And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
- Luke 11:14 — And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
- Mark 5:23 — And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- Mark 5:23 — And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- Matt 9:32 — As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
- Matt 9:33 — And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.