Mark 7:34-35

7:34 Then ¹  he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, “Ephphatha” (that is, “Be opened”). ²  7:35 And immediately the man’s ³  ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² sn The author’s parenthetical note gives the meaning of the Aramaic word Ephphatha.

³ tn Grk “his”; the referent (the man who had been a deaf mute) has been specified in the translation for clarity.