Mark 7:34-35

Looking up to heaven and sighing were also acts intended to communicate with the man. By looking up Jesus associated the coming healing with God. By sighing or groaning He conveyed His compassion for the man and the fact that the healing involved spiritual warfare. [Note: Cranfield, p. 252.] Jesus spoke in Aramaic since this was the language that was common in Palestine (cf. Mark 5:41). Probably the man could read Jesus’ lips. Jesus’ healing was again instantaneous. Not only could the man now speak, but he spoke without any defect. Jesus’ elaborate use of means to heal this man would have minimized the possibility of magic and focused attention on Him as the healer.