Mark 7:32 — Community Reflections

MARK 7:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“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.”

There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him — the community that brings the deaf man to Jesus demonstrates the social integration of care: some people brought him — the man cannot come by himself (his impairment makes navigation and communication difficult), and his community brings him. The begged Jesus communicates faith-expectation in Jesus' ability to heal. The placing of his hand is the specific request — the same expectation as Jairus's request and the Gennesaret crowd's request.

Church Fathers on Mark 7:32

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 He immediately returns.
Theophylact · 11th century

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, Scythopolis, was on this side Jordan, and therefore this text of St. Mark may be taken literally.] When therefore it is said that the Lord came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis, it does not mean that He entered the confines of Decapolis…
Bede · 8th century · in Marc., 2, 31

A city, however, placed on a hill cannot be hid, and lowliness always comes before glory.
Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century

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