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Mark 7:34 KJV
Mark · chapter 7 · verse 34
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.Mark 7:34 · King James Version
Mark 7:34 in context
32And 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.
33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Ephphathaephphathabe thou opened, receive the power of hearing, the ears of the deaf and the eyes of the…G2188 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- sighedstenazōa sigh, to groanG4727 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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Our Lord Jesus seldom staid long in a place, for he knew where his work lay, and attended the changes of it. When he had cured the woman of Canaan's daughter, he had done what he had to do in that place, and therefore presently left those parts, and returned to the sea of Galilee, whereabout his usual residence was;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-37