Mark 8:24

Mark 8:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
• New International Version (NIV)He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like trees, walking."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees, walking.”

Context of Mark 8:24

22Then they came to Bethsaida; and some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged Him to touch him. 23Taking the blind man by the hand, He led him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see people, but [they look] like trees, walking around.” 25Then again Jesus laid His hands on his eyes; and the man stared intently and [his sight] was [completely] restored, and he began to see everything clearly. 26And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

Mark 8:24 word by word

καὶ ἀναβλέψας ἔλεγεν· βλέπω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ὅτι ὡς δένδρα ὁρῶ περιπατοῦντας.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he looked upἀναβλέπωanablepō · to look up/againG308
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• I seeβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• menὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• asὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• treesδένδρονdendron · treeG1186
• walkingπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043

Cross-references for Mark 8:24

• Judges 9:36When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountaintops.” But Zebul said to him, “You are only seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.”
• Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see [the words of the book].
• Isaiah 32:3Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.
• 1 Corinthians 13:9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part [for our knowledge is fragmentary and incomplete].

Commentaries on Mark 8:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24I see men as trees, walking - His sight was so imperfect that he could not distinguish between men and trees, only by the motion of the former.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24I see men, as trees, walking - I see men walking, but see them so indistinctly that, but for their “motion,” I could not distinguish them from trees. I cannot distinctly see their shapes and features. Probably our Lord did not “at once” restore him fully to sight, that he might strengthen his faith. Seeing that Jesus had partially restored him, it was evidence that he could “wholly,” and it led him to exercise faith anew in him, and to feel more…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-26Verses 22-26 Here is a blind man brought to Christ by his friends. Therein appeared the faith of those that brought him. If those who are spiritually blind, do not pray for themselves, yet their friends and relations should pray for them, that Christ would be pleased to touch them. The cure was wrought gradually, which was not usual in our Lord's miracles. Christ showed in what method those commonly are healed by his grace, who by nature are spiritually…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25The healing was not immediate. At first, the man saw imperfectly. After Jesus touched him a second time, he fully healed the man. Who is this man who calms the sea and heals the blind? Peter reveals this in the next account. He is the Christ (8:29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking--This is one of the cases in which one edition of what is called the received text differs from another. That which is decidedly the best supported, and has also internal evidence on its side is this: "I see men; for I see [them] as trees walking"--that is, he could distinguish them from trees only by their motion; a minute mark of truth in the narrative, as Alford observes, describing how human…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 8:24

• Blindness
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

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Commentaries on Mark 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings