Ephphata! (Effata)

Jesus healing a mute possessed man - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.

During the healing of the deaf-mute Levi from the Syro-Phœnician borderlands and that of the deaf-mute in a village of the Decapolis, Jesus said to them: "Ephphata!" (Effatha), which means "be opened!".

In "The Gospel as Revealed to Me"

• The healing of the deaf-mute Levi from the Syro-Phœnician borderlands.
• The healing of the deaf-mute in a village of the Decapolis

In the Fundamental Christian Texts

In the Bible

• Mark 7:31-37
• Open my eyes that I may see the wonders of your law.
• Then the righteous could rebuke those who had scorned God. They began to praise your holy name, Lord; altogether they praised your power which had defended them. Wise Men, Wisdom restored speech to the mute and even gave the very little ones the ability to express themselves clearly.

Notes and references

Note: Quotations from the work of Maria Valtorta on this page currently use machine-translated text and will gradually be replaced by the official English translation. Until then, the official translation may be consulted through the reference link provided with each quotation.