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

20“When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied, “Seven.” 21Then he said to them, “Do you still not understand?” Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him. 23He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked, “Do you see anything?” 24Regaining his sight he said, “I see people, but they look like trees walking.”

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 Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.
• Matthew 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
• Luke 9:10When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.
• Luke 10:13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
• John 1:44(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)
• John 12:21So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”
• Mark 2:3Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.
• Mark 6:55They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.
• Mark 5:27When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,
• Matthew 8:3He stretched out his hand and touched him saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
• Matthew 9:29Then he touched their eyes saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”

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