Mark 7:34

and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and says to him: Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

In Context

33And taking him aside from the multitude he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, touched his tongue,

35And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

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Cross References

Mark 1:41And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched forth his hand and touched him, and says to him: I will; be thou cleansed.

Mark 6:41And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave to the disciples to set before them; and the two fishes he divided among them all.

Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? Which is interpreted: My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me?

Luke 18:42And Jesus said to him: Receive sight; thy faith has made thee whole.

John 11:33Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, groaned in spirit, and was 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 →

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