Mark 8:22-32

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”

25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

26 Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into^[a] the village.”

Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah

27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”

30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

Jesus Predicts His Death

31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.

32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 11:21
• 2. Mark 10:46; John 9:1
• 3. Mark 7:33
• 4. S Mark 5:23
• 5. S Matthew 3:1
• 6. Malachi 4:5
• 7. John 6:69; John 11:27
• 8. S Matthew 8:4; Matthew 16:20; Matthew 17:9; Mark 9:9; Luke 9:21
• 9. S Matthew 8:20
• 10. S Matthew 16:21
• 11. Matthew 27:1,2
• 12. Acts 2:23; Acts 3:13
• 13. S Matthew 16:21
• 14. S Matthew 16:21
• 15. John 18:20

Footnotes

• [a] Some manuscripts "go and tell anyone in"