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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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Albert Barnes
On Mark 7:34
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Mark 7:34
Ephphatha (διανοιχθÂητ, be opened). Another one of Mark's Aramaic words preserved and transliterated and then translated into Gree…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 7:34
19th Century
Bishop
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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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 7:34
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 …
John Gill
On Mark 7:34
17th Century
Pastor
And looking up to heaven
To his Father there, by whom he was sent, and from whom, as man, he received his authority …
Matthew Henry
On Mark 7:31–37
17th Century
Minister
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…