Mark 7:33-37 - People were overwhelmed with amazement

7:33-35

Jesus took the man aside, away from the crowds. Jesus put His fingers in the man’s ears, and then spat and touched the man;s tongue. Why did He do this? Presumably to indicate that He was healing the man’s hearing and speaking. The man could not hear, so this was the only way to communicate with him. Saliva had a common link with healing. The man;s ears were opened, and he could speak plainly. He was healed!

7:36,37

As He had done on a number of occasions, Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. It is rather difficult to imagine how they could have obeyed this command, and, of course, they did not do so. The people were amazed at what Jesus did. This current healing was a fulfilment of Is 35:5,6. We should note that Jesus was very willing to heal people, and that He often told those healed not to tell others. Today we tend to make a big thing of healings. Perhaps the lesson we should learn is that we should not have “healing meetings”, but focus on the preaching and teaching, but that lots of healings should occur? Just a thought.