Mark 8:22 — Community Reflections

MARK 8:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.”

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him — the blind man of Bethsaida is one of the most theologically significant healing narratives in Mark precisely because it happens in two stages — a unique occurrence in Jesus' healing ministry. The request is for touch — the same faith-expectation as the Gennesaret crowd (Mark 6:56). Bethsaida was the hometown of Philip, Andrew, and Peter (John 1:44), and a town that Jesus had condemned for its failure to respond to his miracles (Matthew 11:21).

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Adam SmithNote2mo ago

Sight Restored in Stages

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man's eyes and put...