Mark 8:23
And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him out of the town; and spitting upon his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he saw any thing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
24And looking up, he said: I see men as it were trees, walking.
Cross References
Isaiah 51:18There is none that can uphold her among all the children that she hath brought forth: and there is none that taketh her by the hand among all the children that she hath brought up.
Mark 5:23And he besought him much, saying: My daughter is at the point of death, come, lay thy hand upon her, that she may be safe, and may live.
John 9:6When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay on his eyes,
Acts 23:19And the tribune taking him by the hand, went aside with him privately, and asked him: What is it that thou hast to tell me?
Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold fire tried, that thou mayest be made rich; and mayest be clothed in white garments, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Matthew Henry on Mark 8:23-27
A Blind Man Restored to Sight. 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 his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his house,… Read the whole commentary →