![]() ![]() It is recorded in this account that “some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.” The people could have been bringing the blind man to Jesus because he was a part of their village and they cared for his well-being. The people may not have known or believed that Jesus was the Messiah, yet they would’ve heard of His great miracles and desired to witness them firsthand. As Jesus went through His upper Galilean ministry, He would have visited this village and been welcomed with the excitement of the people as they longed to see Jesus perform a miracle. This village is no longer inhabited but archaeologists have discovered its ruins and verified that it did exist at the time of Christ. Verse 22, “They came to Bethsaida and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.”īethsaida was a village located near the mouth of the upper Jordan River on the east bank of the Sea of Galilee. We will explore this miracle more by examining each verse in Mark containing this account. The account of Jesus healing the blind man outside the village of Bethsaida is not only rare because it is only written about once, but it is also the only progressive miracle Jesus performed in the New Testament. Within the gospel of Mark we find one of these unique miracles recorded in detail. Yet there are other miracles recorded for us only once, unique to the gospel which contains it. Some of His miraculous accounts are recorded for us several times, told from different vantage point in the different gospels. And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.” (Mark 8:22-26 ESV)Īll throughout the four gospels we see instances of Jesus doing divine acts of healing. ![]() And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. ![]() And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. ![]()
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