Mark 8:24

He looked up, and said, “I see men; for I see them like trees walking.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

25Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.

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Cross References

Isaiah 29:18+ 29:18. MP: Messiah will heal deaf and blind. (See also Is 35:5). (Mark 7:32-35, 10:46b, 10:49-52) In that day, the deaf will sh'ma ·hear obey· the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

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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