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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 8:22-26

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 (Suet. Vesp. ch. 7). HNT adds a Greek parallel, Alcetas Halicus. The same being blind saw a vision. The god seemed to come to him and force open his eyes with his fingers, and he first saw the trees which were in the temple. To take this story as symbolizing either the education of the disciples (Loisy) or the conversion of Israel in two stages (Bacon) is to misunderstand the naï ve popular character of the gospel.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    COMPASSION AND CHALLENGE (Mark 8:1-10)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Blind Man in Eastern Bethsaida 22. _Bethsaida_ i. e. _Bethsaida Julias_, which lay upon the northeastern coast of the Sea of Tiberias....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    22–26. A BLIND MAN HEALED AT BETHSAIDA...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BETHSAIDA] see on John 1:49....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _A blind man cured at Bethsaida_, peculiar to Mk....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BLIND MAN OF BETHSAIDA. Mark 8:22...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND HE COMETH TO BETHSAIDA; AND THEY BRING A BLIND MAN UNTO HIM, AND BESOUGHT HIM TO TOUCH HIM....

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 8:22 Then G2532 came G2064 (G5736) to G1519 Bethsaida G966 and G2532 brought G5342 (G5719) man...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    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)...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    John 1:44; John 12:21; Luke 10:13; Luke 9:10; Mark 2:3;...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    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...

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