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Mark 7:34

Sickness and healingPrayer

32 Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

33 So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.

And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

35 Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

36 Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
KJV
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
WEB
Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
ASV
and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
DARBY
and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
BLB
And having looked up to heaven, He sighed deeply, and He says to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”)
ÅB
og så opp mot himmelen, sukket og sa til ham: Effata! det er: lat deg opp!
OTB
Han så oppover, sukket dypt, og sa til ham, “Effata!” (som betyr “Bli åpnet!”).
B1930
og så op mot himmelen, sukket og sa til ham: Effata! det er: lat dig op!

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  • John 11:41

    So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

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  • Mark 5:41

    Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

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  • Mark 6:41

    Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

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  • Acts 9:34

    “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,

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  • John 11:33

    When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

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  • Acts 9:40

    Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

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  • John 11:43

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

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  • Mark 8:12

    Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

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