Focused Passage

Mark 8:22-26

Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship

Mark 8 moves from Jesus' compassionate provision for a hungry multitude, to Pharisaic sign-demanding unbelief, to disciple dullness about bread, to a staged healing of blindness, to Peter's confession, to Jesus' first passion prediction, and finally to the call for cross-bearing discipleship.

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22When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

23So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

24The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

25Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

26Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 22

Original words

[When]ΚαὶG2532Conjunctionthey arrivedἔρχονταιG2064Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person PluralatεἰςG1519PrepositionBethsaidaΒηθσαϊδάνG966Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-ΚαὶG2532Conjunction[some people] broughtφέρουσινG5342Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural-αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singulara blind [man]τυφλὸνG5185Adjective - Accusative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionbeggedπαρακαλοῦσινG3870Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural[Jesus]αὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingulartoἵναG2443ConjunctiontouchἅψηταιG680Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person SingularhimαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 23

Original words

SoκαὶG2532ConjunctionHe tookἐπιλαβόμενοςG1949Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine SingulartheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularblind [man]τυφλοῦG5185Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singularby theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularhandχειρὸςG5495Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular[and] led himἐξήνεγκενG1627Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-αὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularoutἔξωG1854Prepositionof theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularvillageκώμηςG2968Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularThenκαὶG2532ConjunctionHe spitπτύσαςG4429Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularonεἰςG1519Preposition[the man’s]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluraleyesὄμματαG3659Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural[and] placedἐπιθεὶςG2007Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[His]τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine PluralhandsχεῖραςG5495Noun - Accusative Feminine Pluralon himαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularvvvΕἴG1487ConjunctionCan you seeβλέπειςG991Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person SingularanythingτιG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularHe askedἐπηρώταG1905Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-αὐτόνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 24

Original words

-ΚαὶG2532Conjunction[The man] looked upἀναβλέψαςG308Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[and] saidἔλεγενG2036Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularI can seeΒλέπωG991Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingulartheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralpeopleἀνθρώπουςG444Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural[but]ὅτιG3754Conjunctionthey lookὁρῶG3708Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularlikeὡςG5613AdverbtreesδένδραG1186Noun - Accusative Neuter Pluralwalking aroundπεριπατοῦνταςG4043Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Verse 25

Original words

Once againΕἶταG1534Adverb. . .πάλινG3825Adverb[Jesus] placedἐπέθηκενG2007Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[His]τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine PluralhandsχεῖραςG5495Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralonἐπὶG1909Preposition[the man’s]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluraleyesὀφθαλμοὺςG3788Noun - Accusative Masculine Pluraland whenκαὶG2532Conjunctionhe opened themδιέβλεψενG1227Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural-καὶG2532Conjunction[his sight] was restoredἀπεκατέστηG600Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionhe could seeἐνέβλεπενG1689Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulareverythingἅπανταG537Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralclearlyτηλαυγῶςG5081Adverb
Verse 26

Original words

-καὶG2532Conjunction[Jesus] sentἀπέστειλενG649Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularhimαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularvvvεἰςG1519PrepositionvvvαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularhomeοἶκονG3624Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular[and] saidλέγωνG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularvvvΜηδὲG3366ConjunctionDo not go backεἰσέλθῃςG1525Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person SingularintoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularvillageκώμηνG2968Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • BYZ and TR “Do not go and tell anyone in the village.”

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