Mark 7:34 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁴ and, looking up to heaven, He sighed and said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Be opened.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ And looking up to heaven, He sighed as He said, Ephphatha, which means, Be opened!

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Looking into heaven, Jesus sighed deeply and said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Open up.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ And gazing up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: "Ephphatha," which is, "Be opened."

Mark 7:34 Cross References

John 11:41

So, they removed the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. [Note: Jesus had already prayed for and been assured of Lazarus’ resurrection].

Mark 6:41

Then He took the five loaves of bread and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He asked God’s blessing on them. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to His disciples to set in front of the people [to eat]. He divided the two fish among them also

Mark 5:41

And taking the child by the hand He said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means “Little girl,” (I tell you), “get up. ”

Acts 9:34

Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ is healing you, so get up and make your bed.” And immediately he got up [out of his bed, completely healed].

John 11:33

When Jesus saw her and her Jewish friends, who had come with her, crying, He felt distressed in His spirit and [visibly] troubled [Note: This last word means to shake with emotion, and seems to have been caused by His deep sympathy for these grieving people],

Mark 15:34

Then at three o’clock Jesus shouted in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama, sabachthani” [Note: These words were in the commonly spoken Aramaic language], which being interpreted, means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Mark 8:12

Then He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation of people look for a [supernatural] sign? Truly I tell you, there will not be any [supernatural] sign given to this generation.”

Acts 9:40

Then Peter asked them all to leave [the room]; he knelt down and prayed over her body, saying, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

John 11:43

And after He had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a head priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but One [i.e., Jesus] who has been tempted in every way that we have, and yet without sinning.

John 17:1

After saying these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come; honor your Son so that your Son may honor you.

John 11:38

So, Jesus again felt distressed within Himself [as He] went to the grave site, which was a cave with a stone [slab] across its entrance.

John 11:35

Jesus shed tears.

Luke 19:41

And when Jesus got close and saw the city [of Jerusalem], He cried over it,

Luke 18:42

And Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight, your faith has made you well.”

Luke 7:14

Then He went near the casket and touched it; [immediately] the pallbearers stopped. Jesus said, “Young man, I tell you, get up.”

Mark 1:41

And being moved with deep pity, Jesus reached out His hand, touched him and said, “I do want to; be healed.”

Mark 7:35

And [immediately] the man’s hearing was restored, his speech impediment was removed and he began speaking clearly.