Mark 8:21

So He said to them, “How is it you do not understand?” 1 Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

In Context

20“And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many hampers full of fragments did you take up?” And they said, “Seven.”

22Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and implored Him to touch him.

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Cross References

Mark 6:52For they had not understood concerning the loaves, because their heart was hardened. 1 Healing the Sick in Gennesaret

Mark 8:17But Jesus, knowing about it, said to them, “Why are you reasoning because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Is your heart still hardened?

John 14:9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He that has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

1 Corinthians 15:34Awake to righteousness, and do not sin! For some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. 1 The Resurrection Body

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:11-22

The Leaven of Herod and the Pharisees; Christ Reproves His Disciples. 10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to… Read the whole commentary →

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