Mark 7:34

Mark 7:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
• New International Version (NIV)He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”).
• English Standard Version (ESV)And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

Context of Mark 7:34

32Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him. 33So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue. And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”). 35Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly. 36Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

Mark 7:34 word by word

καὶ ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐστέναξεν καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· εφφαθα, ὅ ἐστιν διανοίχθητι.Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• looking upἀναβλέπωanablepō · to look up/againG308
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• He sighed deeplyστενάζωstenazō · to groanG4727
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• to himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Ephphathaἐφφαθάephphatha · open!G2188
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• meansεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Be openedδιανοίγωdianoigō · to open upG1272

Cross-references for Mark 7:34

• Mark 6:41Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
• John 11:41So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
• John 17:1When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
• Mark 8:12Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
• Ezekiel 21:6But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
• Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
• John 11:33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
• Mark 5:41Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
• Mark 15:34At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
• Mark 1:41Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
• Luke 7:14Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”
• Luke 18:42“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”
• John 11:43After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
• Acts 9:34“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,

Commentaries on Mark 7:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Ephphatha - Ethphathach, Syriac. It is likely that it was in this language that our Lord spoke to this poor man: and because he had pronounced the word Ephphathach with peculiar and authoritative emphasis, the evangelist thought proper to retain the original word; though the last letter in it could not be expressed by any letter in the Greek alphabet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Looked up to heaven - To lift up the eyes to heaven is an act imploring aid from God, and is an attitude of prayer, Psalm 121:1-2; Mark 6:41; John 11:41. He sighed - Pitying the sufferings of the man who stood before him. Ephphatha - This word is “Syriac,” the language which our Lord used in addressing the man, and means “Be opened.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 Here is a cure of one that was deaf and dumb. Those who brought this poor man to Christ, besought him to observe the case, and put forth his power. Our Lord used more outward actions in the doing of this cure than usual. These were only signs of Christ's power to cure the man, to encourage his faith, and theirs that brought him. Though we find great variety in the cases and manner of relief of those who applied to Christ, yet all obtained the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply: Since Jesus was looking up to heaven when he sighed, his sigh is probably best understood as a prayerful gesture. Ephphatha is an Aramaic word that Mark translates for his audience (see also 3:17; 5:41; 14:36; 15:34). These are not magical words. Mark is simply sharing some of the original words Jesus spoke. Matthew and Luke do not seem to have attributed any special importance to the Aramaic words of Jesus…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. And looking up to heaven--ever acknowledging His Father, even while the healing was seen to flow from Himself (see on Joh 5:19). he sighed--"over the wreck," says Trench, "which sin had brought about, and the malice of the devil in deforming the fair features of God's original creation." But, we take it, there was a yet more painful impression of that "evil thing and bitter" whence all our ills have sprung, and which, when "Himself took our…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 7:34

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In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Mark 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings