Mark 8:24

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 8:22-26

This cure is related only by this evangelist, and there is something singular in the circumstances. I. Here is a blind man brought to Christ by his friends, with a desire that he would touch him, Mark 8:22. Here appears the faith of those that brought him?they doubted not but that one touch of Christ's hand would recover him his sight; but the man himself showed not that earnestness for, or expectation of, a cure that other blind men did. If those that are spiritually blind, do not pray for... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 8:22-26

8:22-26 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, and asked him, "Do you see anything?" He looked up and said, "I see men, but I see them walking looking like trees." Again he laid his hands on his eyes. He gazed intently, and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly. He sent him away to his home. "Do not," he said, "even... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 8:24

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 8:24

Verse 24 Mark 8:24.I see men. Our Lord had put the question to the blind man for the sake of his disciples, to inform them that the man had received something, but that hitherto nothing more than a slight commencement of the cure had been effected. The reply is, that he sees men, because he perceives some persons walking who are upright like trees By these words he acknowledges that his sight is not yet so clear as to distinguish men from trees, but that he has already obtained some power of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:22-25

The blind man of Bethsaida. The variety of method adopted by our Lord in his acts of healing finds a striking illustration in the contrast presented between the cure of this blind man and that of Bartimaeus. The sight of the latter was instantaneously and perfectly restored, but it was otherwise with the former. If, as we believe, Christ's miracles were symbols of spiritual experiences, we must expect variety in these also; and we see them in the contrast existing between the sudden... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:22-26

Sight for the blind. Every form of human privation, suffering, and infirmity which came under the notice of Christ elicited his compassion and his healing mercy, and every such disorder was treated by him as a symptom of the moral malady which afflicts mankind. The diversity of his miracles of healing may serve to represent his power and willingness to restore our sinful humanity, afflicted with many and various ills, to spiritual soundness and health. In this miracle we observe— I. A ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:22-26

Restoring the blind to sight. Illustration of Christ's— I. WISDOM . He rebuked a vulgar curiosity, and perhaps baffled a Pharisaic intrigue. His privacy, so needful for bodily rest and spiritual preparation for the great conflict he felt to be impending, was thus preserved; and the course of teaching and working upon which he had entered was not seriously disturbed. The subject of the miracle was himself preserved from undue excitement with its attendant dangers. And shall we not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:22-26

The Saviour's method in dealing with individual souls. I. ISOLATES FROM DISTURBING INFLUENCES . The gossips and scheming politicians of the town of Bethsaida. Notoriety. The sense of importance. By his dealings with the sinner in conviction and repentance, he spiritually removes him to his own retirement. He is first brought to be with Christ, that by-and-by he may be in him. II. HE ENCOURAGES AND CONFIRMS FAITH . By leading the blind man away, although as yet a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:22-26

Curing spiritual blindness. I. DELIVERANCE FROM BLIND GUIDES . II. TRANSFER OF CONFIDENCE TO THE TRUE GUIDE . III. REVELATION OF THE INVISIBLE POWER OF GOD . IV. EXERCISING THE SOUL 'S NEWLY ACQUIRED POWERS OF SPIRITUAL VISION , V. GIVING SPIRITUAL DIRECTION FOR THE FUTURE .—M. read more

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