Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Mark 8:23
And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when He had spit on his eyes, and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw aught.
And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when He had spit on his eyes, and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw aught.
Verse 23. _AND HE TOOK THE BLIND MAN BY THE HAND_] Giving him a proof of his readiness to help him, and thus preparing him for the cure which he was about to work. _LED HIM OUT OF THE TOWN_] Thus sh...
LED HIM OUT OF THE TOWN - Why this was done the sacred writers have not told us. It might have been to avoid the collecting of a multitude, and thus to have escaped the designs of the Pharisees who we...
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...
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,...
COMPASSION AND CHALLENGE (Mark 8:1-10)...
TOOK. took hold of. (So Tyndale.) OUT OF = outside of. ON. into. Greek. _eis,_ App-104. PUT. laid. ASKED. was asking. (Imperf.) IF HE SAW. can you see... ? Present Tense....
_he took the blind man_ Even as He did with the other sufferer, whose case came before us in Mark 7:33. As then, so now, the Lord was pleased to work gradually and with external signs: (i) He leads th...
ΒΛΈΠΕΙΣ ([1677][1678][1679][1680][1681]) rather than βλέπει ([1682][1683][1684]2[1685][1686][1687][1688]). [1677] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican Library...
22–26. A BLIND MAN HEALED AT BETHSAIDA...
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...
ΈΠΙΛΑΒΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΈΠΙΛΑΜΒΆΝΟΜΑΙ (G1949) с _gen._ держать, возлагать руки. Иисус должен держать человека, потому 4ϊό он слеп (Gundry, 417). ΈΞΉΝΕΓΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΚΦΈΡΩ...
DISCOURSE: 1431 THE BLIND MAN HEALED Mark 8:23. _And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he s...
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 took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. HE TOOK THE BLIND MAN BY THE HAND AND...
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...
8:23 beheld (a-36) Lit. 'beholds.'...
SPIT] see on Mark 7:33. PUT HIS HANDS] cp. Mark 9:18....
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...
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....
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...
ἔξω τῆς κώμης, outside the village, for the same reason as in Mark 7:33, to avoid creating a run on Him for cures. Therefore Jesus becomes conductor of the blind man Himself, though he doubtless had o...
_A blind man cured at Bethsaida_, peculiar to Mk....
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...
It may be asked, why our Lord led the man from the multitude before he cured him? --- It may be answered, that he did it not to seem to perform his prodigies through vain glory; and thence to teach us...
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...
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 TOOK THE BLIND MAN BY THE HAND,.... Not for the sake of touching him, in order to heal him, as they desired, but to be his guide: AND LED HIM OUT OF THE TOWN; to shun all appearance of vain gl...
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. Ver. 23. _He took the blind man by the...
_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...
Although Jesus Christ can bestow favors instantaneously, and without the use of means, he often sees it best to employ means, and to grant his favors gradually, that those who receive them may better...
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...
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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 he took hold of the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village.' Again we note the parallel with the deaf and dumb man. ‘He brought him out of the village', compare ‘He took him asi...
Mark 8:23. BROUGHT HIM OUT OF THE TOWN. A more decided separation even, than in the last case (chap. Mark 7:33). The reason may have been the unbelief of the place, since the man was particularly comm...
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...
BROUGHT HIM OUT OF THE VILLAGE (εξηνεγκεν αυτον εξω της κωμης). It had been a village, but Philip had enlarged it and made it a town or city (πολις), though still called a village (verses Mark 8:23;...
AND HE TOOK Our Lord's action here is most significant, Having abandoned Bethsaida to judgment (Matthew 11:12). He would neither heal in that village, nor permit further testimony to be borne there ...
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 8:22 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 8:1. 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...
AND LED HIM OUT OF THE VILLAGE. Jesus had done this with the deaf man (that is, taken him out of the crowd) Mark 7:33. AFTER SPITTING ON THE MAN'S EYES. Johnson believes this action was done to develo...
_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...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 8:23 Jesus LED the blind man OUT OF THE VILLAGE, perhaps to get away from hostile onlookers (see Mark 5:40;...
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...
Acts 9:8; Hebrews 8:9; Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 51:18; Jeremiah 31:32;...
Took [ε π ι λ α β ο μ ε ν ο ς]. Tynd., caught. If he saw [ε ι τ ι β λ ε π ε ι ς]. Rev., more accurately, renders the direct question : Seest thou aught? The change of tenses is graphic. Asked (imperf...
He led him out of the town — It was in just displeasure against the inhabitants of Bethsaida for their obstinate infidelity, that our Lord would work no more miracles among them, nor even suffer the p...