Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread - See all this, to Mark 8:21 , explained at large on Matthew 16:4-12 ; (note). In the above chapter, an account is given of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herodians. read more
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 for the welfare of the bodies and souls of men. read more
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 showing the inhabitants that he considered them unworthy of having another miracle wrought among them. He had already deeply deplored their ingratitude and obstinacy: see on Matthew 11:21 ; (note). When a people do not make a proper improvement of the light and grace which they receive from God, their... read more
I see men as trees, walking - His sight was so imperfect that he could not distinguish between men and trees, only by the motion of the former. read more
And saw every man clearly - But instead of ἁπαντας , all men, several excellent MSS., and the principal versions, have ἁπαντα , all things, every object; for the view he had of them before was indistinct and confused. Our Lord could have restored this man to sight in a moment; but he chose to do it in the way mentioned in the text, to show that he is sovereign of his own graces; and to point out that, however insignificant means may appear in themselves, they are divinely efficacious... read more
He sent him away to his house - So it appears that this person did not belong to Bethsaida, for, in going to his house, he was not to enter into the village. This miracle is not mentioned by any other of the evangelists. It affords another proof that Mark did not abridge Matthew's Gospel. read more
And Jesus went out, etc. - See on Matthew 16:13-20 ; (note). read more
Thou art the Christ - Three MSS. and some versions add, the Son of the living God. read more
And he spake that saying - Concerning the certainty and necessity of his sufferings - openly: with great plainness, παρῥησια , confidence, or emphasis, so that the disciples now began fully to understand him. This is an additional observation of St. Mark. For Peter's reproof, see on Matthew 16:22 ; (note), etc. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 8:12
And he sighed deeply in his spirit - Or having deeply groaned - so the word αναστεναξας properly means. He was exceedingly affected at their obstinacy and hardness of heart. See Matthew 16:1-4 . read more