Mark 8:22
20 “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.
21 Then He asked them, “Do you still not understand?”
When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
23 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.
24 The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
- KJV
- And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
- WEB
- He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.
- ASV
- And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him.
- DARBY
- And he comes to Bethsaida; and they bring him a blind man, and beseech him that he might touch him.
- BLB
- And they come to Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind [man] and implore Him that He might touch him.
- ÅB
- Og de kom til Betsaida. Og de førte en blind til ham og ba ham røre ved ham.
- OTB
- De kom til Betsaida, og noen folk brakte en blind mann til Jesus og ba ham om å røre ved ham.
- B1930
- Og de kom til Betsaida. Og de førte en blind til ham og bad ham røre ved ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 11:21
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Read in contextLuke 10:13
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Read in contextMark 6:45
Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.
Read in contextMark 2:3
Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
Read in contextJohn 1:44
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
Read in contextMatthew 8:15
So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve them.
Read in contextJohn 12:21
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
Read in contextMatthew 9:29
Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
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