New Living Translation
Mark 8:26
26Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.”
Mark 8:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even enter the village."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the town, nor tell anyone in the town.”
Context of Mark 8:26
24The man looked around. “Yes,” he said, “I see people, but I can’t see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around.” 25Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again, and his eyes were opened. His sight was completely restored, and he could see everything clearly. Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.” 27Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” 28“Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets.”
Read all of Mark 8Mark 8:26 word by word
καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ λέγων· μηδὲ εἰς τὴν κώμην εἰσέλθῃςRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- he sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- toεἰςeis · towardG1519
- houseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
- sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Neitherμηδέmēde · norG3366
- goεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
- the townκώμηkōmē · villageG2968
- tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- to anyτιςtis · oneG5100
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
Cross-references for Mark 8:26
- Mark 5:43Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anyone what had happened, and then he told them to give her something to eat.
- Mark 7:36Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news.
- Matthew 8:4Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.”
- Matthew 9:30Then their eyes were opened, and they could see! Jesus sternly warned them, “Don’t tell anyone about this.”
- Matthew 12:16but he warned them not to reveal who he was.
Commentaries on Mark 8:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26He sent him away to his house - So it appears that this person did not belong to Bethsaida, for, in going to his house, he was not to enter into the village. This miracle is not mentioned by any other of the evangelists. It affords another proof that Mark did not abridge Matthew's Gospel.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The town - The town of Bethsaida. Nor tell it - Lest it excite the jealousy of the Pharisees, and produce commotion and danger.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. 26The story ends with Jesus telling the healed man to keep the event a secret (see 3:11–12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town--Besides the usual reasons against going about "blazing the matter," retirement in this case would be salutary to himself. Mt 16:13-27; Lu 9:18-26). For the exposition, see on Mt 16:13-28.Read the comment
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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
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