Mark 7:34
and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him: Ephphatha, which means, Be opened.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
In Context
35And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.
Cross References
Mark 1:41And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him: I will; be clean.
Mark 6:41And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed; and he broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples to place before them. And he divided the two fishes among them all.
Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani? which is, when translated, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Luke 18:42And Jesus said to him: Receive your sight; your faith has saved you.
John 11:33Then, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews that came with her weeping also, he was greatly moved in spirit, and troubled;
Matthew Henry on Mark 7:32-37
The Cure of a Deaf and Dumb Person. 31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32 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. 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35 And… Read the whole commentary →