Mark 8:22

Mark 8:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
• New International Version (NIV)They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.

Context of Mark 8:22

20Jesus asked them, ‘I also used seven loaves to feed 4,000 people. That time, how many baskets did you fill with pieces of food?’ ‘There were seven baskets,’ they replied. 21‘You really should understand about me now,’ he said to them. Jesus and his disciples came to a village called Bethsaida. Some people led a blind man to Jesus. They asked Jesus to touch the man. 23Jesus took the blind man's hand and he led the man out of the village. Jesus put water from his own mouth on the man's eyes. And he put his hands on the man. ‘Can you see anything?’ Jesus asked. 24The man looked up. He said, ‘I can see people. But they look like trees that are walking about.’

Mark 8:22 word by word

Καὶ ἔρχονται εἰς Βηθσαϊδάν, καὶ φέρουσιν αὐτῷ τυφλὸν καὶ παρακαλοῦσιν αὐτὸν ἵνα αὐτοῦ ἅψηται.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he comethἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• BethsaidaΒηθσαϊδάBēthsaida · BethsaidaG966
• they bringφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
• a blind manτυφλόςtuphlos · blindG5185
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• besoughtπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• touchἅπτωhaptomai · to touchG680

Cross-references for Mark 8:22

• Mark 6:45Immediately after this, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Get into the boat and sail across the lake to Bethsaida.’ Jesus said that he would first send the crowd away. Then he would also leave.
• Matthew 11:21He said to them, ‘You people in Chorazin, it will be very bad for you! And it will be very bad for you, people in Bethsaida. I have done great and powerful things in your cities. If I had done such great things in Tyre and in Sidon, the people there would have changed how they lived. They would have shown they were sorry for their sins. They would have put on clothes made from goat's hair. They would also have put ashes on their heads.
• Luke 9:10The 12 apostles that Jesus had sent out returned. They told him what they had done. Then he took them away from the crowd, so that he could be alone with them. They went to a town called Bethsaida.
• Luke 10:13Jesus then said, ‘You people in Chorazin, things will be bad for you! And things will be bad for you, people in Bethsaida. I have done great and powerful things in your cities. If I had done such great things in Tyre and in Sidon, the people there would have changed how they lived. They would have shown that they were sorry for their sins. They would have put on rough clothes. They would also have put ashes on their heads.
• John 1:44Philip, like Andrew and Peter, came from the town of Bethsaida.
• John 12:21These Greek people came to Philip, who was from a town in Galilee called Bethsaida. They said to him, ‘Please sir, we want to meet Jesus.’
• Mark 2:3Four men came. They were carrying another man on a mat. That man could not move his legs.
• Mark 6:55They went to tell everyone who lived in places near there. They brought sick people to Jesus. They carried those people to him on mats. Whenever they knew where Jesus was, they brought sick people to him there.
• Mark 5:27People had told her about Jesus. So she came in the crowd behind him and she touched his coat.
• Matthew 8:3Jesus put out his hand towards him and he touched him. ‘I do want to help you. Be clean again,’ Jesus said. Immediately, the man's skin was clean again.
• Matthew 9:29So Jesus touched the men's eyes. He said to them, ‘Because you believed in me, you will now see again.’

Commentaries on Mark 8:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22They bring a blind man unto him - Christ went about to do good, and wherever he came he found some good to be done; and so should we, if we had a proper measure of the same zeal and love for the welfare of the bodies and souls of men.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22To Bethsaida - See the notes at Matthew 11:21. And they bring a blind man unto him - The healing of the blind man of Bethsaida is recorded only by Mark. Besought him to touch him - That is, to heal him, for they believed that his touch would restore his sight.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. 22-26Earlier, Jesus and the disciples tried to go to Bethsaida but did not succeed (6:45). Here, they arrive, and Jesus heals a blind man. Only Mark describes this two-part healing. It might connect to how the disciples came to a new spiritual understanding in the next story (8:27–38). John 1:44 says Bethsaida is the home of Peter, Andrew, James, and John (see also John 12:21). This small fishing village was officially part of Gaulanitis. But people usually…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. And he cometh to Bethsaida--Bethsaida Julias, on the northeast side of the lake, whence after this He proceeded to Cæsarea Philippi (Mr 8:27). and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him--See on Mr 7:32.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 8:22

• Bethsaida
• Blindness
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Adulterous
• Bethsaida
• Deeply
• Faint
• Gaulanitis
• Sigh
• Blindness
• Eyes, Diseases of the
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to

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