“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.”
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 his hands on him, Jesus asked, do you see anything? — the taking outside the village is the privacy of the Messianic Secret pattern. The spit on the eyes and hands on him mirror the deaf man's healing (Mark 7:33). The question do you see anything? is unique in the healing narratives — Jesus checks the result mid-process, implying that the healing is not yet complete.
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