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. 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?” Regaining his sight he said, “I see people, but they look like trees walking.” 25Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26Jesus sent him home, saying, “Do not even go into 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 9:36Gaal saw the men and said to Zebul, “Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadows on the hills – it just looks like men.”
• Isaiah 29:18At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
• Isaiah 32:3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.
• 1 Corinthians 13:9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

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