Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Mark 8:24
And he looked up, and said, I (f) see men as trees, walking.
(f) He perceived men moving but at the same time could not discern their bodies.
And he looked up, and said, I (f) see men as trees, walking.
(f) He perceived men moving but at the same time could not discern their bodies.
Verse 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....
I SEE MEN, AS TREES, WALKING - I see men walking, but see them so indistinctly that, but for their “motion,” I could not distinguish them from trees. I cannot distinctly see their shapes and features....
CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The feeding of the Four Thousand. (Mark 8:1. Matthew 15:32) 2. The Pharisees ask a sign. (Mark 8:10 .Matthew 16:1
THE BLIND MAN OF BETHSAIDA. This cure is described and wrought in a thoroughly popular manner. The use of spittle (Mark 7:33) was widespread in those days. A similar cure is attributed to Vespasian (S...
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,...
COMPASSION AND CHALLENGE (Mark 8:1-10)...
LOOKED UP. App-133. I SEE MEN, &c. I see the men [men they must be] for [I see them] as trees, walking. MEN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123....
_as trees, walking_ He had not been _born_blind. He remembered the appearance of natural objects, and in the haze of his brightening vision he saw certain moving forms about him, "trees he should have...
22–26. A BLIND MAN HEALED AT BETHSAIDA...
ὍΤΙ ὩΣ ΔΈΝΔΡΑ ὉΡΩ͂ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΥ͂ΝΤΑΣ ([1689][1690][1691][1692][1693][1694][1695][1696][1697]) rather than ὡς δεν. περιπ. ([1698]2[1699] Versions). [1689] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tische...
Ver 22. And He cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him. 23. And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when He had spit on...
_JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD -- MARK 8:22-30:_ Faith in Jesus continued to grow among many people as He went about doing good. They brought a blind man to Him for healing. He took the man asid...
ΆΝΑΒΛΈΨΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΝΑΒΛΈΠΩ (G308) глядеть вверх. Человек непроизвольно поднял глаза (Swete). ΌΡ _praes. ind. act., см._ Mark 8:15. ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΎΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ...
DISCOURSE: 1431 THE BLIND MAN HEALED Mark 8:23. _And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he s...
AND THEY BRING A BLIND MAN, &C.— Two things are remarkable in this miracle: first, our Lord led the man out of the town, before he would heal him; and, when the cure was performed, he forbad him to re...
_SUMMARY 8:14 TO 9:50_ The two miracles recorded in the preceding sectionthe cure of the blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26), and the casting out of the obstinate demon (Mark 9:14-29)are additional...
6. HEALING THE BLIND MAN OF BETHSAIDA 8:22-26 _TEXT 8:22-26_ And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him. And they took hold of the blind man by the...
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 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 d...
19-20 See Mar_6:41-44; Mar_8:7-9.] 19 The comparison here suggested by our Lord is most striking and important. He is seeking to show them that God's blessing comes in _ inverse ratio _ to human provi...
FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND. THE SIGN FROM HEAVEN. HEALING OF A BLIND MAN. CONFESSION OF PETER 1-10. Feeding the four thousand (Matthew 15:32). See on Mt....
A BLIND MAN HEALED AT BETHSAIDA (peculiar to Mk, and selected, like the healing in Mark 7:32, for its unusual features). The man was healed in stages, probably because his faith was imperfect. Jesus f...
I SEE, etc.] RV 'I see men; for I behold them as trees walking.' Medical testimony agrees with the process here described. Cheselden says of a patient of his who, having been born blind, recovered his...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 8 FOOD FOR 4000 PEOPLE VERSES 1-10 Jesus gave food to a large crowd that did not h...
CHAPTER 8:22-26 (MARK 8:22) MEN AS TREES "And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind man, and beseech Him to touch him. And He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him...
ἀναβλέψας : the narrative contains three compounds of βλέπω (ἀνὰ, διὰ, ἐν); the first denotes looking up in the tentative manner of blind men, the second looking through (a mist as it were) so as to s...
_A blind man cured at Bethsaida_, peculiar to Mk....
THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS Mark 8:22-38; Mark 9:1 Our attention has been drawn to the Master's sighs; here, however, was another characteristic act. He spat on the eyes of the blind man, perhaps to...
This was the second miracle of feeding. Our Lord knew whence these people came, and was solicitous for them on their long journey home if they departed without food. The miracle was the result. The wa...
_Man [1] as trees walking. In the Latin text, walking may agree either with men, or with trees, but the Greek shews that walking must be referred to men. Perhaps Christ restored sight in this manner t...
HEALING THE BLIND MAN Mark 8:22-26. “And He comes into Bethsaida [i.e., it is Bethsaida Julias, as He did not sail toward the other Bethsaida, the birthplace of Peter, Andrew, and Philip]; and they br...
(22) And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. (23) And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on hi...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
_THE GRADUAL MIRACLE_ ‘I see men as trees, walking.’ Mark 8:24 This particular miracle is the parable of our times. I. IT IS SO IN REFERENCE TO THE THINGS OF GOD.—We pray indeed for grace to live...
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...
We shall find in chapter 8 another example of that which we have been noticing. Jesus leads the blind man out of the town. He does not forsake Israel wherever there is faith; but He separates the one...
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...
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. Ver. 24. _I see men as trees, walking_] This was done, saith an expositor, to the end that Christ's power might be the more distinctly known;...
_And he cometh to Bethsaida_ Where he had done many mighty works, without their producing the desired effect, the people remaining in impenitence and unbelief, Matthew 11:21. The following miracle, it...
AS TREES, WALKING; he saw men walking, but could distinguish them from trees only by their motion. He did not see them clearly....
AND HE LOOKED UP AND SAID, I SEE MEN AS TREES, WALKING....
THE BLIND MAN OF BETHSAIDA. Mark 8:22...
TITLE: Out of town TEXT: Mark 8:22-26 PROPOSITION: Jesus led the blind man out of the city before healing him. QUESTION: Why? KEY WORD: Reasons READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Was this miracle incompl...
22-26 Here is a blind man brought to Christ by his friends. Therein appeared the faith of those that brought him. If those who are spiritually blind, do not pray for themselves, yet their friends and...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 8:22...
Mark 8:24 And G2532 up G308 (G5660) said G3004 (G5707) G3754 see G991 (G5719) men G444 l
A BLIND MAN IS HEALED IN TWO STAGES (8:22-26). This account comes after the blindness of the disciples has been stressed (Mark 7:18) and before the scales are revealed to have been at least partially...
THE EYES OF THE DISCIPLES ARE OPENED (8:22-9:33A). Following on Jesus' concern at the lack of understanding of the disciples we now learn how their eyes are gradually opened to see at least something...
‘And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I behold them as trees, walking”.' The healing was only partial. The eyes that had been opened were still dim, just as with the disciples spiritually. The...
THIS miracle, mentioned by Mark alone, is of peculiar interest, as exhibiting a _gradual_ cure. In this case as in the last miracle (chap. Mark 7:32-36), there was a suggestion from the people as to t...
Mark 8:24. I SEE THE MEN; FOR I BEHOLD THEM AS TREES WALKING. The first exclamation is one of joyous surprise: ‘I see the men,' _i.e.,_ the men who were near, the disciples and perhaps the man's frien...
I SEE MEN, FOR I BEHOLD THEM AS TREES WALKING (Βλεπω τους ανθρωπους οτ ως δενδρα ορω περιπατουντας). A vivid description of dawning sight. His vision was incomplete though he could tell that they w...
Mark 8:22 The text shows us I. The value of intercessory prayer. We need to pray for ourselves, but it is a poor religion that stops at self. We need the power and the grace of Christ to heal our ow...
Mark 8:22 The Gradual Healing of the Blind Man. This miracle has a peculiarity, in which it stands absolutely alone, and that is that the work is done in stages; that the power which at other times h...
Mark 8:12 I. Ver. 12. "And He sighed deeply in His spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?" etc. The sign in this case was morally suggestive. It must have been one of the great...
Mark 8:1. In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now b...
CONTENTS: 4000 fed. Meaning of leaven explained. Blind man outside Bethsaida healed. Peter's confession of faith. The value of a soul. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, disciples, Satan, blind man, Pharisees...
Mark 8:10. _He came into the parts of Dalmanutha,_ situate beyond the Jordan, where Tiberias and Magdala were considerable towns. Mark 8:12. _There shall no sign be given to this generation. Matthew...
THE MAN LOOKED UP AND SAID. He was sure these were men, yet they seemed to him as large as trees....
_And He cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him._ BLINDNESS COMMON IN THE EAST Blindness was and is more common in Egypt and Syria than in any other part of the world. The glare of l...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 8:23 Jesus LED the blind man OUT OF THE VILLAGE, perhaps to get away from hostile onlookers (see Mark 5:40;...
CHAPTER 8 1 _Christ feedeth the people miraculously_ : 10 _refuses to give a sign to the Pharisees_ : 14 _admonisheth his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 8:22. Peculiar to Mark. BETHSAIDA (= _Fish-town)_.—There were two places of this name: (1) the landing-port for Capernaum, on the western side of the lake; (2) a...
EXPOSITION MARK 8:1, MARK 8:2 The opening words of the first verse seem to imply that our Lord remained for some time on this, the north-east, side of the Sea of Galilee. THE MULTITUDE BEING VERY GRE...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Mark's gospel, chapter 8. Now, Mark has already told us how that Jesus fed five thousand men beside the women and children with five loaves and two fish. Now we find a...
1 Corinthians 13:9; Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 32:3; Judges 9:36...
I see men as trees walking (following the reading, Blepw touv ajnqrwpouv wJv dendra peripatountav). The Rev. reads, following the amended text, I see men, for [ο τ ι] I behold [ο ρ ω] them as trees, w...
I see men as trees walking — He distinguished men from trees only by their motion....