Mark 8:24

And after looking up, the ivver was saying, I see bnei Adam — they look like trees walking!

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

In Context

23And 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?

25Then again Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach placed his hands upon his eyes; and the man looked intently and was restored, and was seeing everything clearly.

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Cross References

Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the chereshim (deaf persons) 1 hear the devarim of the sefer, 1 and the eynayim of the ivrim 1 shall see out of obscurity, and out of choshech. 1

1 Corinthians 13:9For we have da'as in part, and we have divrei nevu'ah is part.

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 →

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