The Meaning of Mark 7:35 Explained

Mark 7:35

KJV: And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

YLT: and immediately were his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plain.

Darby: And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.

ASV: And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  straightway  his  ears  were opened,  and  the string  of his  tongue  was loosed,  and  he spake  plain. 

What does Mark 7:35 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 7:24-37 - A Mother's Faith Rewarded
Before faith can be fully exercised we must take the right attitude toward Christ. His mission at that time was to the Jewish people; they were the children. This woman had no claim as a child, and the question was whether she was prepared to take the lower place. It is the humble soul that has power with God, and when she showed herself prepared to put Jesus in His place as Lord, and to take her own place as willing to accept the children's crumbs, the Lord was able to put the key of His treasure house into her hand and bid her have her desire. Faith can wring blessing from an apparent negative, and use what might seem to be a rebuff to open God's treasuries.
In the following miracle, notice that upward look, that sigh, and that touch. These are the conditions of all successful religious work, and it is a great encouragement to faith that our Lord Himself knew what it was by a look to draw down the mighty power of God. That upward look may be ours when it is impossible to kneel for prolonged prayer. When we stand in the light of eternity, we also shall say, as our Lord's contemporaries did, "He hath done all things well." [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 7

1  The Pharisees find fault with the disciples for eating with unwashed hands
8  They break the commandment of God by the traditions of men
14  Food defiles not the man
24  He heals the Syrophenician woman's daughter of an unclean spirit;
31  and one that was deaf, and stammered in his speech

Greek Commentary for Mark 7:35

He spake plain [ελαλει ορτως]
He began to speak correctly. Inchoative imperfect tense. [source]
Plain [ὀρθῶς]
Lit., rightly. So Wyc. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 7:35

Mark 7:32 Had an impediment in his speech [μογιλάλον]
Μόγις , with difficulty; λάλος , speaking. Not absolutely dumb. Compare he spake plain, Mark 7:35. [source]
Luke 7:1 Had ended [εις τας ακοας του λαου]
First aorist active indicative. There is here a reference to the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, but with nothing concerning the impression produced by the discourse such as is seen in Matthew 7:28. This verse really belongs as the conclusion of Chapter 6, not as the beginning of Chapter 7.In the ears of the people (Ακοη — eis tas akoas tou laou). ακουω — Akoē from akouō to hear, is used of the sense of hearing (1 Corinthians 12:17), the ear with which one hears (Mark 7:35; Hebrews 5:11), the thing heard or the report (Romans 10:16) or oral instruction (Galatians 3:2, Galatians 3:5). Both Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10 locate the healing of the centurion‘s servant in Capernaum where Jesus was after the Sermon on the Mount. [source]
Luke 7:1 In the ears of the people [Ακοη]
ακουω — Akoē from akouō to hear, is used of the sense of hearing (1 Corinthians 12:17), the ear with which one hears (Mark 7:35; Hebrews 5:11), the thing heard or the report (Romans 10:16) or oral instruction (Galatians 3:2, Galatians 3:5). Both Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10 locate the healing of the centurion‘s servant in Capernaum where Jesus was after the Sermon on the Mount. [source]
1 Thessalonians 2:13 When ye received the word of God which ye heard of us [παραλαβόντες λόγον ἀκοῆς παρ ' ἡμῶν τοῦ θεοῦ]
Rend. when ye received the word of the message (which came ) from us, even the word of God. The words the word of the message from us form one conception, governed by παραλαβόντες havingreceived or when ye received; therefore from us is not to be taken as depending on having received, as Rev. when ye received from us the word, etc. Of God (supply the word ) is added in order to correct any possible false impression made by from us. Ἁκοή in N.T. means the sense of hearing, as Matthew 13:14; 1 Corinthians 12:17; 2 Peter 2:8: or the organ of hearing = ear, as Mark 7:35; Luke 7:1: or a thing heard, a report, rumor, as John 12:38; Romans 10:16. The phrase λόγος ἀκοῆς or τῆς ἀκοῆς theword of hearing, or word of the message, signifies the word which is heard. Comp. Hebrews 4:2. See on the fame, Luke 4:37. [source]
2 Timothy 4:3 Having itching ears [κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν]
Or, being tickled in their hearing. Κνήθειν totickle, N.T.oolxx. Κνηθόμενοι itchingHesychius explains, “hearing for mere gratification.” Clement of Alexandria describes certain teachers as “scratching and tickling, in no human way, the ears of those who eagerly desire to be scratched” (Strom. v.). Seneca says: “Some come to hear, not to learn, just as we go to the theater, for pleasure, to delight our ears with the speaking or the voice or the plays” (Ep. 108). Ἁκοή , A.V. ears, in N.T. a report, as Matthew 4:24; Matthew 14:1; Matthew 24:6: in the plural, ears (never ear in singular), as Mark 7:35; Luke 7:1: hearing, either the act, as Acts 28:26; Romans 10:17, or the sense, 1 Corinthians 12:17, here, and 2 Timothy 4:4. [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 7:35 mean?

And were opened his - ears and immediately was loosed the band of the tongue of him he began speaking plainly
καὶ ἠνοίγησαν αὐτοῦ αἱ ἀκοαί καὶ» εὐθὺς ἐλύθη δεσμὸς τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ ἐλάλει ὀρθῶς

ἠνοίγησαν  were  opened 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἀνοίγω 
Sense: to open.
αὐτοῦ  his 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
αἱ  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Feminine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀκοαί  ears 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Plural
Root: ἀκοή  
Sense: the sense of hearing.
εὐθὺς  immediately 
Parse: Adverb
Root: εὐθέως  
Sense: straightway, immediately, forthwith.
ἐλύθη  was  loosed 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λύω  
Sense: to loose any person (or thing) tied or fastened.
δεσμὸς  band 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: δεσμός  
Sense: a band or bond.
τῆς  of  the 
Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
γλώσσης  tongue 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular
Root: γλῶσσα  
Sense: the tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech. 2 a tongue.
αὐτοῦ  of  him 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ἐλάλει  he  began  speaking 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἀπολαλέω 
Sense: to utter a voice or emit a sound.
ὀρθῶς  plainly 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ὀρθῶς  
Sense: rightly.

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