Mark 8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:16

And they reasoned among themselves ,.... Upon Christ's giving this caution, and recollecting with themselves, that they had forgot to buy any provisions, and take with them: saying, it is because we have no bread ; that he says these words; tacitly chiding and reproving us, for our want of thought and care; See Gill on Matthew 16:7 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:17

And when Jesus knew it ,.... As he did immediately, by his omniscience; for as he knew the thoughts and reasonings of the Scribes and Pharisees, Matthew 9:4 , so he did those of his own disciples: he saith unto them, why reason ye because ye have no bread ? or imagine that I have given you this caution on that account; or are distressed because this is your case, as if you should be reduced to great difficulties, by reason of your forgetfulness and negligence: perceive ye not yet,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:18

Having eyes, see ye not ?.... Meaning perhaps both the eyes of their bodies, and of their understandings: they had bodily eyes, and with them saw the miracles he wrought, and yet took little notice of them; and the eyes of their understandings were enlightened by Christ, and yet saw things but very darkly: and having ears, hear ye not ? They had their natural hearing, and yet made but little use of it; and did not so diligently attend to the sound of Christ's words: and though they had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:19

When I brake the five loaves among five thousand ,.... This, with what follows, chiefly regards the last question: how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? do not you remember? have you forgot what was so lately done? surely you cannot: they say unto him, twelve . Their memories were hereby refreshed, and they call to mind the exact number of the baskets of fragments that were taken up, which were above double the number of the loaves, the multitude were fed with. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:20

And when the seven among four thousand ,.... That is, when seven loaves were broken among four thousand men, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? this surely you must remember, it being so recent an action, but just done, as it were: and they said, seven ; for this, as yet, could not have slipped their memories; though they had, been reasoning among themselves because of their straitness of provisions, as if these things had never been done. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:21

And he said unto them ,.... Since this was the case, and they so well remembered the miracles he had wrought, and the circumstances of them: how is it that ye do not understand ? my words concerning the leaven of the Pharisees, of the Sadducees, and of Herod, as to imagine I spoke of bread, taken in a literal sense; or that I concerned myself about the scantiness of your provisions, when you, might have learnt from my late miracles, how able I am to support you, if you had not so much as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:22

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 "Bethany". The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "they came"; Christ, and his twelve apostles, who landed at this place: and they bring a blind man unto him ; for Christ had been here before, and was known by the inhabitants of the place; who, as soon as they heard of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:23

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 glory and popular applause, being willing to do the miracle in a private manner; and because of the obstinacy and unbelief of the inhabitants of this place, who were not worthy to be witnesses of such a cure; see Matthew 11:21 ; and when he had spit on his eyes ; not as a cause of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:24

And he looked up ,.... This is omitted in the Arabic and Persic versions. The sense is, that he opened his eyelids, and lifted up his eyes, to try if he could see, and he could, and did see again; his sight was returned again, though very imperfectly as yet: and said, I see men, as trees, walking : he saw some objects at a little distance from him, which, by their motion, he supposed to be men; otherwise his sight was so imperfect, that he could not have distinguished them from trees: he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 8:25

After that he had put his hands again upon his eyes ,.... By the former account it does not appear on what part of him he put his hands; but this determines it; and from hence it seems plain, that he first spit on his eyes, and then closed them, and put his hands on them; which last action of his he repeated, though not the former: and made him look up . This is omitted in the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions. The Vulgate Latin reads it, "he began to see"; and so Beza's ancient... read more

Group of Brands