Bible Strands
Mark 8:22
When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus and His disciples arrive at Bethsaida, where bystanders deliver a blind man to Him and plead for His physical contact. This narrative moment follows Jesus’ direct question to the disciples about their lingering spiritual perception in the preceding verse.
The words — φέρουσιν (pherousin) translates literally as “they bring,” and τυφλὸν (tuphlon) denotes “a blind [man],” emphasizing the crowd’s deliberate action of presenting the man to Jesus.
The thread — Bethsaida appears in Mark 6:45 as the disciples’ intended landing point and in Matthew 11:21 alongside Luke 10:13 as a location where miracles were performed but went unheeded.
Why it lands — The text places a physical healing immediately after Jesus questions the disciples’ understanding, requiring readers to examine whether they depend on visible signs rather than internal spiritual perception.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
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.
- Mark 6:45 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.
- Luke 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.
- Matthew 8:15 So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.
- Matthew 9:29 Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
- Mark 2:3 Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
- John 1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
- John 12:21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
- Matthew 8:3 Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- Mark 5:27 When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.