Mark 8:22-30

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

22 And they came ¹to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

23 And ²he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when ³he had ⁴spit on his eyes and ⁵laid his hands on him, he asked him, "Do you see anything?"

24 And he looked up and said, "I see men, but they look like trees, walking."

25 Then Jesus^[a] laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

26 And he sent him to his home, saying, ⁶"Do not even enter the village."

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

27 ⁷And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

28 And they told him, ⁸"John the Baptist; and others say, ⁹Elijah; and others, one of the prophets."

29 And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, ¹⁰"You are ¹¹the Christ."

30 ¹²And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

Cross References

• 1. See Mark 6:45
• 2. Mark 7:33
• 3. Mark 7:33
• 4. John 9:6
• 5. See Mark 5:23
• 6. ver. 23; [Matthew 8:4]
• 7. For ver. 27-29, see Matthew 16:13-16; Luke 9:18-20
• 8. Mark 6:14; Matthew 14:2; Luke 9:7
• 9. Luke 9:8; [Mark 9:11; Matthew 17:10; John 1:21]
• 10. John 11:27
• 11. Mark 14:61, 62; See Matthew 1:17
• 12. Matthew 16:20; Luke 9:21; See Matthew 12:16

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek he