Mark 8:24

I see men as trees walking — He distinguished men from trees only by their motion.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I see men, as trees, walking - I see men walking, but see them so indistinctly that, but for their “motion,” I could not distinguish them from tr...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he looked up, and said, I (f) see men as trees, walking. (f) He perceived men moving but at the same time could not discern their bodies.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Blind Man of Bethsaida. This cure is described and wrought in a thoroughly popular manner. The use of spittle ( Mark 7:33 ) was widespread in t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

looked up . App-133. I see men, &c. I see the men [men they must be] for [I see them] as trees, walking. men. Greek. anthropos. App-123....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 8:24 . I see men. Our Lord had put the question to the blind man for the sake of his disciples, to inform them that the man had rece...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1431 THE BLIND MAN HEALED Mark 8:23-25 . And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. I see men as trees, walking - His sight was so imperfect that he could not distinguish betwe...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they bring a blind man, &c.— Two things are remarkable in this miracle: first, our Lord led the man out of the town, before he would heal h...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. This is one of the cases in...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Feeding the Four Thousand. The Sign from Heaven. Healing of a Blind Man. Confession of Peter 1-10. Feeding the four thousand ( Matthew 15:32 ). Se...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A blind man healed at Bethsaida (peculiar to Mk, and selected, like the healing in Mark 7:32 , for its unusual features). The man was healed in st...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

I see, etc.] RV 'I see men; for I behold them as trees walking.' Medical testimony agrees with the process here described. Cheselden says of a pati...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 8:22-26 ( Mark 8:22-26 ) MEN AS TREES "And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind man, and beseech Him to touch him. And...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cost of following Jesus Mark 8:22-38 ; Mark 9:1 Our attention has been drawn to the Master's sighs; here, however, was another characteris...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This was the second miracle of feeding. Our Lord knew whence these people came, and was solicitous for them on their long journey home if they depart...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(22) And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. (23) And he took the blind man by the hand, and...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE GRADUAL MIRACLE ‘I see men as trees, walking.’ Mark 8:24 This particular miracle is the parable of our times. I. It is so in referenc...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he looked up ,.... This is omitted in the Arabic and Persic versions. The sense is, that he opened his eyelids, and lifted up his eyes, to try i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. Ver. 24. I see men as trees, walking ] This was done, saith an expositor, to the end tha...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he cometh to Bethsaida Where he had done many mighty works, without their producing the desired effect, the people remaining in impenitence and...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Blind Man Restored to Sight. 22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a bl...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Mark 8:22 "
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Blind Man Is Healed in Two Stages (8:22-26). This account comes after the blindness of the disciples has been stressed ( Mark 7:18 ) and before...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Eyes of The Disciples Are Opened (8:22-9:33a). Following on Jesus' concern at the lack of understanding of the disciples we now learn how thei...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I behold them as trees, walking”.' The healing was only partial. The eyes that had been opened were stil...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 8:22-26 . Peculiar to Mark. Bethsaida (= Fish-town) .—There were two places of this name: (1) the landing...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Mark 8:12-25 I. Ver. 12. "And He sighed deeply in His spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?" etc. The sign in this case w...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Mark 8:22-25 The Gradual Healing of the Blind Man. This miracle has a peculiarity, in which it stands absolutely alone, and that is that the work...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Mark 8:22-26 The text shows us I. The value of intercessory prayer. We need to pray for ourselves, but it is a poor religion that stops at self....
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Mark 8:1-4 . In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I h...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 8:10 . He came into the parts of Dalmanutha, situate beyond the Jordan, where Tiberias and Magdala were considerable towns. Mark 8:12 . Th...
The Biblical Illustrator

And He cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him. Blindness common in the East Blindness was and is more common in Egypt and Syr...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Mark 8:1 , Mark 8:2 The opening words of the first verse seem to imply that our Lord remained for some time on this, the no...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Blind Man of Bethsaida. Mark 8:22-26
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he looked up and said, I see men as trees, walking.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:9-12 ; Isaiah 29:18 ; Isaiah 32:3 ; Judges 9:36

²⁴ And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

Related Commentaries of Mark 8:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 8:24