# Then taking him ... privately, he

"Then Jesus took the man ... privately, and he"

# he put his fingers into his ears

Jesus is putting his own fingers in the man's ears.

# then he spit and touched his tongue

It may be helpful to state that Jesus spit on his fingers. Alternate translation: "then he spit on his fingers and touched the man's tongue with them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])