Mark 8:23
And having grasped the hand of the ivver, he took him outside the shtetl; and, having put spittle on his eyes, [and] having laid hands upon him, he was questioning him, Do you see anything?
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24And after looking up, the ivver was saying, I see bnei Adam — they look like trees walking!
Cross References
Isaiah 51:18Among kol banim whom she hath given birth to, 1 there is none to guide her; 1 neither is there any that taketh her by the yad 1 of kol banim that she hath reared. 1
Mark 5:23and he begs him earnestly saying, Biti (my daughter) is at the point of mavet. Come and put your hand on her that she may receive refuah and may live.
John 9:6Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva and he anointed the clay upon the manʼs eyes,
Acts 23:19The tribune grasped the bochurʼs hand and drew him aside privately, inquiring, What is it you have to report to me?
Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from me zahav (gold) having been purified by eish (fire) — that you may be oisher (rich) — and a kittel, that you may be clothed in lavan (white), and that the bushah (shame) of your nakedness not be made nikar (evident), and eye salve to rub on the eynayim (eyes) of you that you may 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 →