Mark 8:23

And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village, and spit on his eyes, and laid on his hand: and asked him, what he saw.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And he came to Bethsaida: and they brought to him a blind man, and besought him to touch him.

24And he gazed, and said: I see men like trees which walk.

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Cross References

Mark 5:23and besought him much, and said to him: My daughter is very sick; but come and lay thy hand on her, and she will be cured, and will live.

John 9:6And having spoken thus, he spit on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, and spread it on the eyes of the blind man;

Acts 23:19And the Chiliarch took the young man by his hand, and led him one side, and asked him: What hast thou to tell me?

Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white raiment, to be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be seen; and put eye-salve on thine eyes, 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 →

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