Mar 7:34 | RWP | e4.org | Ephphatha ( διανοιχθÂητ , be opened). Another one of Mark's Aramaic words preserved and transliterated and then translated into Greek. "Be thou unbarred" ( Braid Scots ). Jesus sighed ( εστεναξεν ) as he looked up into heaven and spoke the word εφφαθα . Somehow he felt a nervous strain in this complex case (deaf, dumb, demoniac) that we may not quite comprehend.

‏ Mark 7:34

Ephphatha ( διανοιχθÂητ, be opened). Another one of Mark's Aramaic words preserved and transliterated and then translated into Greek. "Be thou unbarred" (Braid Scots). Jesus sighed ( εστεναξεν ) as he looked up into heaven and spoke the word εφφαθα. Somehow he felt a nervous strain in this complex case (deaf, dumb, demoniac) that we may not quite comprehend.