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Mark 8:22
And He cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him.
And He cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him.
Verse 22. _THEY BRING A BLIND MAN UNTO HIM_] Christ went about to do good, and wherever he came he found some good to be done; and so should we, if we had a proper measure of the same zeal and love fo...
TO BETHSAIDA - See the notes at Matthew 11:21. AND THEY BRING A BLIND MAN UNTO HIM - The healing of the blind man of Bethsaida is recorded only by Mark. BESOUGHT HIM TO TOUCH HIM - That is, to heal...
CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The feeding of the Four Thousand. (Mark 8:1. Matthew 15:32) 2. The Pharisees ask a sign. (Mark 8:10 .Matthew 16:1
THE BLIND MAN OF BETHSAIDA. This cure is described and wrought in a thoroughly popular manner. The use of spittle (Mark 7:33) was widespread in those days. A similar cure is attributed to Vespasian (S...
COMPASSION AND CHALLENGE (Mark 8:1-10)...
They came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to him and asked him to touch him. He took the blind man's hand and took him outside the village. He spat into his eyes and laid his hands on him,...
AND HE COMETH, &c. This miracle is. Divine supplement in this Gospel. The second part of the Lord's ministry was drawing to. close. The proclamation of His Person was reaching. climax _(verses: Mark 8...
The Blind Man in Eastern Bethsaida 22. _Bethsaida_ i. e. _Bethsaida Julias_, which lay upon the northeastern coast of the Sea of Tiberias....
22–26. A BLIND MAN HEALED AT BETHSAIDA...
ἜΡΧΟΝΤΑΙ ([1664]c[1665][1666][1667][1668][1669] 33) rather than ἔρχεται ([1670][1671][1672][1673][1674][1675][1676]). [1664] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monas...
Ver 22. And He cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him. 23. And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when He had spit on...
_JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD -- MARK 8:22-30:_ Faith in Jesus continued to grow among many people as He went about doing good. They brought a blind man to Him for healing. He took the man asid...
ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) просить, молить; hist, _praes._ ΆΨΗΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΤΟΜΑΙ (G681) с _gen._ хватать, дотрагиваться. _Conj._ в _прид._ дополнительно...
AND THEY BRING A BLIND MAN, &C.— Two things are remarkable in this miracle: first, our Lord led the man out of the town, before he would heal him; and, when the cure was performed, he forbad him to re...
_SUMMARY 8:14 TO 9:50_ The two miracles recorded in the preceding sectionthe cure of the blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26), and the casting out of the obstinate demon (Mark 9:14-29)are additional...
6. HEALING THE BLIND MAN OF BETHSAIDA 8:22-26 _TEXT 8:22-26_ And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him. And they took hold of the blind man by the...
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. AND HE COMETH TO BETHSAIDA - Bethsaida-Julias, on the northeast side of the lake, whence after this...
19-20 See Mar_6:41-44; Mar_8:7-9.] 19 The comparison here suggested by our Lord is most striking and important. He is seeking to show them that God's blessing comes in _ inverse ratio _ to human provi...
FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND. THE SIGN FROM HEAVEN. HEALING OF A BLIND MAN. CONFESSION OF PETER 1-10. Feeding the four thousand (Matthew 15:32). See on Mt....
BETHSAIDA] see on John 1:49....
A BLIND MAN HEALED AT BETHSAIDA (peculiar to Mk, and selected, like the healing in Mark 7:32, for its unusual features). The man was healed in stages, probably because his faith was imperfect. Jesus f...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 8 FOOD FOR 4000 PEOPLE VERSES 1-10 Jesus gave food to a large crowd that did not h...
CHAPTER 8:22-26 (MARK 8:22) MEN AS TREES "And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind man, and beseech Him to touch him. And He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him...
_A blind man cured at Bethsaida_, peculiar to Mk....
Βηθσαϊδάν. If there were two Beth-saidas, which of the two? If only one of course it was Bethsaida Julias. But against this has been cited the term κώμη twice applied to the town (Mark 8:23; Mark 8:26...
THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS Mark 8:22-38; Mark 9:1 Our attention has been drawn to the Master's sighs; here, however, was another characteristic act. He spat on the eyes of the blind man, perhaps to...
This was the second miracle of feeding. Our Lord knew whence these people came, and was solicitous for them on their long journey home if they departed without food. The miracle was the result. The wa...
(4) And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. (4) A true image of our regeneration, which Christ, separating us from the world, works and accompl...
HEALING THE BLIND MAN Mark 8:22-26. “And He comes into Bethsaida [i.e., it is Bethsaida Julias, as He did not sail toward the other Bethsaida, the birthplace of Peter, Andrew, and Philip]; and they br...
(22) And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. (23) And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on hi...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
This miracle, which is omitted by the other two Evangelists, appears to have been related by Mark chiefly on account of this circumstance, that Christ _restored _sight to _the blind man_, not in an in...
We shall find in chapter 8 another example of that which we have been noticing. Jesus leads the blind man out of the town. He does not forsake Israel wherever there is faith; but He separates the one...
AND HE COMETH TO BETHSAIDA,.... The city of Andrew, Peter, and Philip, John 1:44; a fishing town, which was situated by the sea of Galilee. Beza's ancient copy, and the Gothic version, wrongly read "B...
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. Ver. 22. _And they bring a blind man unto him_] This is another of those miracles mentioned by St Mark...
_And he cometh to Bethsaida_ Where he had done many mighty works, without their producing the desired effect, the people remaining in impenitence and unbelief, Matthew 11:21. The following miracle, it...
TITLE: Out of town TEXT: Mark 8:22-26 PROPOSITION: Jesus led the blind man out of the city before healing him. QUESTION: Why? KEY WORD: Reasons READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Was this miracle incompl...
22-26 Here is a blind man brought to Christ by his friends. Therein appeared the faith of those that brought him. If those who are spiritually blind, do not pray for themselves, yet their friends and...
Ver. 22-26. This miracle is only mentioned by Mark particularly, possibly because of two singularities in it: 1. With reference to the signs he used. 2. With reference to the gradual cure. Our Saviou...
Mark 8:22 Then G2532 came G2064 (G5736) to G1519 Bethsaida G966 and G2532 brought G5342 (G5719) man...
THE EYES OF THE DISCIPLES ARE OPENED (8:22-9:33A). Following on Jesus' concern at the lack of understanding of the disciples we now learn how their eyes are gradually opened to see at least something...
A BLIND MAN IS HEALED IN TWO STAGES (8:22-26). This account comes after the blindness of the disciples has been stressed (Mark 7:18) and before the scales are revealed to have been at least partially...
‘And they come to Bethsaida, And they bring to him a blind man and plead with him to touch him.' They have returned to Bethsaida, outside Galilee and north of the sea of Galilee, and a blind man is br...
Mark 8:22. AND THEY COME TO BETHSAIDA. They had not landed there, but probably stopped there to procure provisions. Our Lord did not intend to remain there; He was seeking retirement, to prepare His d...
THIS miracle, mentioned by Mark alone, is of peculiar interest, as exhibiting a _gradual_ cure. In this case as in the last miracle (chap. Mark 7:32-36), there was a suggestion from the people as to t...
UNTO BETHSAIDA (εις Βηθσαιδαν). On the Eastern side not far from the place of the feeding of the five thousand, Bethsaida Julias. Note dramatic presentsTHEY COME (ερχοντα),THEY BRING (φερουσιν)...
Mark 8:22 The text shows us I. The value of intercessory prayer. We need to pray for ourselves, but it is a poor religion that stops at self. We need the power and the grace of Christ to heal our ow...
Mark 8:22 The Gradual Healing of the Blind Man. This miracle has a peculiarity, in which it stands absolutely alone, and that is that the work is done in stages; that the power which at other times h...
Mark 8:12 I. Ver. 12. "And He sighed deeply in His spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?" etc. The sign in this case was morally suggestive. It must have been one of the great...
Mark 8:1. In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now b...
CONTENTS: 4000 fed. Meaning of leaven explained. Blind man outside Bethsaida healed. Peter's confession of faith. The value of a soul. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, disciples, Satan, blind man, Pharisees...
Mark 8:10. _He came into the parts of Dalmanutha,_ situate beyond the Jordan, where Tiberias and Magdala were considerable towns. Mark 8:12. _There shall no sign be given to this generation. Matthew...
THEY CAME TO BETHSAIDA. On the eastern bank of the Jordan, near where it flows into Lake Galilee. Only Mark tells of this miracle. SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT A BLIND MAN TO JESUS. This man had not been born...
_Seeking of Him a sign from heaven, tempting Him._ SEEKING SIGN I. The unreasonableness of this request. 1. In other matters they were not scrupulous of evidence-tradition. 2. They had the signs o...
_And He cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him._ BLINDNESS COMMON IN THE EAST Blindness was and is more common in Egypt and Syria than in any other part of the world. The glare of l...
CHAPTER 8 1 _Christ feedeth the people miraculously_ : 10 _refuses to give a sign to the Pharisees_ : 14 _admonisheth his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 8:22. Peculiar to Mark. BETHSAIDA (= _Fish-town)_.—There were two places of this name: (1) the landing-port for Capernaum, on the western side of the lake; (2) a...
EXPOSITION MARK 8:1, MARK 8:2 The opening words of the first verse seem to imply that our Lord remained for some time on this, the north-east, side of the Sea of Galilee. THE MULTITUDE BEING VERY GRE...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Mark's gospel, chapter 8. Now, Mark has already told us how that Jesus fed five thousand men beside the women and children with five loaves and two fish. Now we find a...
John 1:44; John 12:21; Luke 10:13; Luke 9:10; Mark 2:3;...
Here we have recorded. special miracle wrought by our Saviour at Bethsaida, in curing. blind man brought unto him. Where observe, 1. What evident proof the Pharisees had of Christ's divine power and g...