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

32And they bring to him a deaf [man] who could not speak right, and they beseech him that he might lay his hand on him. 33And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right. 36And he charged them that they should speak to no one [of it]. But so much the more he charged them, so much the more abundantly 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

• lookingἀναβλέπωanablepō · to look up/againG308
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• saysλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• openedδιανοίγωdianoigō · to open upG1272

Cross-references for Mark 7:34

• Mark 6:41And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave [them] to his disciples that they might set [them] before them. And the two fishes he divided among all.
• John 11:41They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifted up his eyes on high and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me;
• John 17:1These things Jesus spoke, and lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee;
• Mark 8:12And groaning in his spirit, he says, Why does this generation seek a sign? Verily I say unto you, A sign shall in no wise be given to this generation.
• Isaiah 53:3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom [men] hide their faces; — despised, and we esteemed him not.
• Ezekiel 21:6Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
• Luke 19:41And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it,
• John 11:33Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled,
• Hebrews 4:15For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart.
• Mark 5:41And having laid hold of the hand of the child, he says to her, Talitha koumi, which is, interpreted, Damsel, I say to thee, Arise.
• Mark 15:34and at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, [saying], Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
• Mark 1:41But Jesus, moved with compassion, having stretched out his hand, touched him, and says to him, I will, be thou cleansed.
• Luke 7:14and coming up he touched the bier, and the bearers stopped. And he said, Youth, I say to thee, Wake up.
• Luke 18:42And Jesus said to him, See: thy faith has healed thee.
• John 11:43And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
• Acts 9:34And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus, the Christ, heals thee: rise up, and make thy couch for thyself. And straightway he rose 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

• Jesus, the Christ
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In the dictionaries

• Abundance
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• Syriac
• Gesture
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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