34He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means, "Be opened!" ).


In Context

31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man.

33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue.

34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means, "Be opened!" ).

35 At this, the man's ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.

Mark 7:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:34And looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:34and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:34and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:34and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, Effatha, that is, Be opened.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:34Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, |Ephphatha!| that is, |Be opened!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:34and having looked to the heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, 'Ephphatha,' that is, 'Be thou opened;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.