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Mark 7:34

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

KJV

καὶ ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐστέναξεν, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ἐφφαθά, ὅ ἐστιν, διανοίχθητι.

Greek NT

et suspiciens in cælum, ingemuit, et ait illi : Ephphetha, quod est, Adaperire.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διανοίγω
dianoigo
verb · 8×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
στενάζω
stenazo
verb · 6×
ἀναβλέπω
anablepo
verb · 25×
ἐφφαθά
ephphatha
aramaic_word · 1×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1504Often Jesus asks the sick to believe.107 He makes use of signs to heal: spittle and the laying on of hands,108 mud and washing.109 The sick try to touch him, "for power came forth from him and healed them all."110 and so in the sacraments Christ continues to "touch" us in order to heal us.
Is the Body of Christ in this sacrament truly, or figuratively? Do the substance of bread and wine remain in this sacrament after the consecration? Is it annihilated? Is it changed into the body and blood of Christ? Do the accidents remain after the change? Does the substantial form remain there? Is this change instantaneous? Is it more miraculous than any other change?}--> By …

Cross-references

  • Acts 9:34 — And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
  • Acts 9:40 — But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
  • Isa 42:18 — Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
  • Isa 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • John 11:33 — When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
  • John 11:41 — Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
  • John 11:43 — And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
  • John 17:1 — These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
  • Luke 7:14 — And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
  • Luke 18:42 — And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
  • Mark 1:41 — And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
  • Mark 5:41 — And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
  • Mark 6:41 — And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he am
  • Mark 6:41 — And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he am
  • Mark 8:12 — And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
  • Mark 8:12 — And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
  • Matt 8:3 — And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
  • Matt 14:19 — And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the di
  • Ps 51:15 — O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.