Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 8:24
24. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking—This is one of the cases in which one edition of what is called the received text differs from another. That which is decidedly the best supported, and has also internal evidence on its side is this: "I see men; for I see [them] as trees walking"—that is, he could distinguish them from trees only by their motion; a minute mark of truth in the narrative, as ALFORD observes, describing how human objects had appeared to him during that... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 8:23
23. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town—Of the deaf and dumb man it is merely said that "He took him aside" ( :-); but this blind man He led by the hand out of the town, doing it Himself rather than employing another—great humility, exclaims BENGEL—that He might gain his confidence and raise his expectation. and when he had spit on his eyes—the organ affected—See on :-. and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. read more