Albert Barnes Commentary Mark 7:34

"and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened." — Mark 7:34 (ASV)

Looking up to heaven. To lift up the eyes to heaven is an act imploring aid from God, and denotes an attitude of prayer (Psalms 121:1, 2; Mark 6:41; John 11:41).

He sighed. Pitying the sufferings of the man who stood before him.

Ephphatha. This word is Syriac, the language which our Lord used in addressing the man, and means "Be opened."

He sighed (John 11:33, 38).