Mark 8:25 - Exposition

Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes, and made him look up —this is the Authorized Version rendering of ἐποίησεν αὐτον ἀναβλέψαι : but the better authenticated reading is simply καὶ διέβλεψε , and he looked steadfastly— and was restored, and saw all things clearly . Now, here it pleased our Lord, not suddenly, but by degrees, to give perfect sight to this blind man. And this he did