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IV. The Servant's self-revelation to the disciples 6:6b--8:30 >
B. The first cycle of self-revelation to the disciples 6:31-7:37 >
6. The preliminary confession of faith 7:37 (cf. Matt. 15:29-31 )
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Mark expressed the crowd's amazement with a strong word that appears only here in the New Testament, hyperperissos. It means "extremely overwhelmed"(cf. 1:22; 6:2; 10:26; 11:18). Their statement that Jesus did everything well recalls Genesis 1:31 where Moses wrote that God saw that everything that He had created was good. The restoration of hearing to the deaf and speaking to the dumb was the work of God (cf. Isa. 35:3-6). Matthew recorded that Jesus healed many other people with various afflictions at this time (Matt. 15:29-31).
