Mark 7:36 (WEB)
He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
Catechism · 1
“He makes use of signs to heal: spittle and the laying on of hands,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 7:32-36; 8:22-25.
Fathers and councils · 18
Augustine of Hippo
Chapter L.—Of the Occasion on Which He Fed the Multitudes with the Seven Loaves, and of the Question as to the Harmony Between Matthew and Mark in Their Accounts of that Miracle. 104. Matthew proceeds with his…
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Ephrem the Syrian
“For that dumb man [whom the Lord healed] with the fingers of the body, discerned that He had approached his ears and touched his tongue; nay, with his fingers that may be touched, he touched Godhead, that may not be touched; when it was loosing the string of his tongue, and opening the clogged doors of his ears.” — editor's note: Mark vii. 32–37.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
The Lord did not wish to stay in the parts of the Gentiles, lest He should give the Jews occasion to say, that they esteemed Him a transgressor of the law, because He held communion with the Gentiles, and therefore…
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Decapolis is a region of ten cities, across the Jordan, to the east, over against Galilee [ed. note: It appears, however, from Reland, Pales. v.1, p198, that a portion of Decapolis, including its metropolis,…
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Which is rightly placed after the deliverance of one possessed with a devil, for such an instance of suffering came from the devil. There follows, “And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers into…
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He takes the deaf and dumb man who was brought to Him apart from the crowd, that He might not do His divine miracles openly; teaching us to cast away vain glory and swelling of heart, for no one can work miracles as…
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That He might shew that all the members of His sacred body are divine and holy, even the spittle which loosed the string of the tongue. For the spittle is only the superflous moisture of the body, but in the Lord,…
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He looked up to heaven, that He might teach us that thence is to be procured speech for the dumb, hearing for the deaf, health for all who are sick. And He sighed, not that it was necessary for Him to be any thing…
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He at the same time also groaned, as taking our cause upon Himself and pitying human nature, seeing the misery into which it had fallen.
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But that which He says, “Ephphatha, that is, Be opened,” belong properly to the ears, for the ears are to be opened for hearing, but the tongue to be loosed from the bonds of its impediment, that is may be able to…
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By which He has taught us not to boast in our powers, but in the cross and humiliation. He also bade them conceal the miracle, lest He should excite the Jews by envy to kill Him before the time.
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A city, however, placed on a hill cannot be hid, and lowliness always comes before glory. Wherefore it goes on, “but the more He charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it.”
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By this we are taught, when we confer benefits on any, by no means to seek for applause and praise; but when we have received benefits, to proclaim and praise our benefactors, even though they be unwilling.
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If however He, as one Who knew the present and the future wills of men, knew that they would proclaim Him the more in proportion as He forbade them, why did He give them this command? If it were not that He wished to…
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From the preaching however of those who were healed by Christ, the wonder of the multitude, and their praise of the benefits of Christ, increased. Wherefore it goes on, “And they were beyond measure astonished,…
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Mystically, Tyre is interpreted, narrowness, and signifies Judaea, to which the Lord said, “For the bed is grown too narrow,” [Isa 28:20] and from which He turns Himself to the Gentiles. Sidon means, hunting, for our…
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Or he is deaf and dumb, who neither has ears to hear the words of God, nor opens his mouth to speak them, and such must be presented to the Lord for healing, by men who have already learned to hear and speak the…
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Further, he who obtains healing is always drawn aside from turbulent thoughts, disorderly actions, and incoherent speeches. And the fingers which are put into the ears are the words and the gifts of the Holy Ghost,…
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 7:31–37 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 7:31–37 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 7:31–37 (2) (Catena Aurea).