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Selected Verse: Mark 8:22 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mr 8:22 |
King James |
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And he cometh to Bethsaida--Bethsaida Julias, on the northeast side of the take, whence after this He proceeded to CÃ&brvbr;sarea Philippi (Mar 8:27).
and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him--See on Mar 7:32. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
To Bethsaida - See the notes at Mat 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. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
They 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. |
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.