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Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
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A Look, a Sigh, a Prayer
Commentators explain that Jesus's actions before the healing were deeply significant. By looking to heaven, He demonstrated His connection to the Father, showing that all healing comes from God. His sigh revealed a profound, compassionate sorrow for the man's suffering and the brokenness of the world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Looking up to heaven. To lift up the eyes to heaven is an act imploring aid from God, and denotes an attitude of prayer ([Reference Psalms…
Ephphatha (διανοιχθÂητ, be opened). Another one of Mark's Aramaic words preserved and transliterated and then translated into Gree…
19th Century
Anglican
Looking up to heaven, he sighed.—The look, it is clear, implied prayer, as in John 11:41. The “sigh,” too, has its counte…
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Jesus looked up to heaven in an attitude of prayer, thereby showing the man that God was the source of his power (cf. Jn 11:41; 17:1). Jesus’ sigh …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And looking up to heaven To his Father there, by whom he was sent, and from whom, as man, he received his authority …
This passage describes the cure of a man who was deaf and mute. Those who brought this poor man to Christ implored Him to consider his condition an…
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