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Mark 8:22

Mark 8:22
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he cometh to Bethsaida,.... The city of Andrew, Peter, and Philip, Joh 1:44; a fishing town, which was situated by the sea of Galilee. Beza's ancient copy, and the Gothic version, wrongly read…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 8:22-26

This cure is related only by this evangelist, and there is something singular in the circumstances.

I. Here is a blind man brought to Christ by his friends, with a desire that he would touch him, Mar…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The Blind Man in Eastern Bethsaida

22. Bethsaida i. e. Bethsaida Julias, which lay upon the northeastern coast of the Sea of Tiberias.