Verse 34. Looking up to heaven. To lift up the eyes to heaven is an act imploring aid from God, and denotes an attitude of prayer, Ps 121:1,2; Mr 6:41; Joh 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." {g} "And looking up to heaven" Mr 6:41; Joh 11:41; 17:1 {h} "he sighed" Joh 11:33,38 |