Mark 7:34
He looked up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is to say, “Open!”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
In Context
35At once his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people; a man of sorrows, and one familiar with pain. 1 Like one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised; and we considered him insignificant. 1
Mark 1:41Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying to him, “I am willing. Be clean.”
Mark 6:41He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
Mark 15:34At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Luke 18:42Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
John 11:33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his 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 →