Mark 7:34

Then looking up into heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

33And when he had taken him aside from the crowd privately, He put His fingers in his ears, and having spit, He touched his tongue.

35Immediately his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking correctly.

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Cross References

Mark 1:41And Jesus, being moved with compassion, and reaching out His hand, touched him, and said to him, “I am willing, be cleansed.”

Mark 6:41And taking the five loaves and the two fish, looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves, and was giving them to His disciples, so that they might set them before them; and the two fish He divided to all.

Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lima sabachthani?” which is translated, “ My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Luke 18:42Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.”

John 11:33Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her weeping, He groaned in the 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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