Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Ephphatha

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Bible References

He sighed

Mark 8:12
And sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, "Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation!"
Isaiah 53:3
[He was] despised and rejected [by] men, a man of suffering, and acquainted with sickness, and like {one from whom others hide their faces}, [he was] despised, and we did not hold him in high regard.
Ezekiel 21:6
And you, son of man, groan {with shaking hips}, and you must groan with bitterness before their eyes.
Luke 19:41
And when he approached [and] saw the city, he wept over it,
John 11:33
Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled within himself.
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who has been tempted in all [things] in the same way, without sin.

Ephphatha

Mark 5:41
And taking hold of the child's hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which is translated, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"),
Mark 15:34
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which is translated, "My God, my God, {why} have you forsaken me?")

Be opened

Mark 1:41
And becoming angry, he stretched out his hand [and] touched [him], and said to him, "I am willing; be made clean."
Luke 7:14
And he came up [and] touched the bier, and those who were carrying [it] stopped. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"
Luke 18:42
And Jesus said to him, "Regain [your] sight! Your faith has saved you."
John 11:43
And [when he] had said these [things], he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
Acts 9:34
And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and make your bed yourself!" And immediately he got up.

General references

Luke 11:14
And he was expelling a mute demon. Now it happened that [when] the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were astonished.