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Ephphatha [Aramaic,=be opened], in the Gospel of St. Mark, words addressed by Jesus to a deaf-mute as Jesus made him hear and speak. As elsewhere in Mark, the Greek text retains and translates the Aramaic words.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Ephphatha. A ceremony in the RC Baptismal rite in which the celebrant, pronouncing the words ‘Ephphatha, that is, Be opened’ (Mk. 7: 34), touches the ears and mouth of the candidate.

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ephphatha Aramaic command, ‘Be opened’, uttered by Jesus (Mark 7: 34), after he had put his fingers into the ears, and spat and touched the tongue, of a deaf and dumb man, and healed him; a method recorded of other charismatic healers in Hellenistic society, and of the emperor Vespasian.

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