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 who also had a speech defect. They begged Jesus to lay his hand on him. 33Jesus took him away from the crowd to be alone with him. He put his fingers into the man’s ears, and after spitting, he touched the man’s tongue. Then he looked up to heaven, sighed, and said to the man, “Ephphatha!” which means, “Be opened!” 35At once the man could hear and talk normally. 36Jesus ordered the people not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them, the more they spread the news.

Mark 7:34 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• looking upἀναβλέπωanablepō · to look up/againG308
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• heavenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• he sighedστενάζωstenazō · to groanG4727
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Ephphathaἐφφαθάephphatha · open!G2188
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Be openedδιανοίγωdianoigō · to open upG1272

Cross-references for Mark 7:34

• Mark 6:41After he took the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed the food. He broke the loaves apart and kept giving them to the disciples to give to the people. He also gave pieces of the two fish to everyone.
• John 11:41So the stone was moved away from the entrance of the tomb. Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me.
• John 17:1After saying this, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time is here. Give your Son glory so that your Son can give you glory.
• Mark 8:12With a deep sigh he asked, “Why do these people demand a sign? I can guarantee this truth: If these people are given a sign, it will be far different than what they want!”
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people. He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering. He was despised like one from whom people turn their faces, and we didn’t consider him to be worth anything.
• Ezekiel 21:6“So, son of man, groan with a breaking heart and with bitter crying while the people watch you.
• Luke 19:41When he came closer and saw the city, he began to cry.
• John 11:33When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who were crying with her, he was deeply moved and troubled.
• Hebrews 4:15We have a chief priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses. He was tempted in every way that we are, but he didn’t sin.
• Mark 5:41Jesus took the child’s hand and said to her, “Talitha, koum!” which means, “Little girl, I’m telling you to get up!”
• Mark 15:34At three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
• Mark 1:41Jesus felt sorry for him, reached out, touched him, and said, “I’m willing. So be clean!”
• Luke 7:14He went up to the open coffin, took hold of it, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said, “Young man, I’m telling you to come back to life!”
• Luke 18:42Jesus told him, “Receive your sight! Your faith has made you well.”
• John 11:43After Jesus had said this, he shouted as loudly as he could, “Lazarus, come out!”
• Acts 9:34Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well. Get up, and pick up your cot.” Aeneas immediately 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

• Jesus, the Christ
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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