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“And when I fed the 4,000 with seven loaves, how many large baskets of leftovers did you pick up?” “Seven,” they said. 21“Don’t you understand yet?” he asked them. When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and they begged him to touch the man and heal him. 23Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man’s eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?” 24The man looked around. “Yes,” he said, “I see people, but I can’t see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around.”

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 insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and head across the lake to Bethsaida, while he sent the people home.
• Matthew 11:21“What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
• Luke 9:10When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he slipped quietly away with them toward the town of Bethsaida.
• Luke 10:13“What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
• John 1:44Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.
• John 12:21paid a visit to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee. They said, “Sir, we want to meet Jesus.”
• Mark 2:3four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
• Mark 6:55and they ran throughout the whole area, carrying sick people on mats to wherever they heard he was.
• Mark 5:27She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe.
• Matthew 8:3Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.
• Matthew 9:29Then he touched their eyes and said, “Because of your faith, it will happen.”

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