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A Private, Personal Healing
Commentators suggest several reasons why Jesus led the man out of the village. It was to avoid crowds and his enemies, to prevent an ostentatious display, and most importantly, to create a private, personal moment to build the man's faith. This shows Jesus' considerate care for the individual.
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Albert Barnes
On Mark 8:23
18th Century
Theologian
Led him out of the town. Why this was done the sacred writers have not told us. It might have been to avoid the gathering of a cr…
AT Robertson
On Mark 8:23
Brought him out of the village (εξηνεγκεν αυτον εξω της κωμης). It had been a village, but Philip had enlarged it and made it a to…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 8:23
19th Century
Bishop
He took the blind man by the hand.—We note in the act the same considerate adaptation of the method of healing to the man’s infirm…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Mark 8:22–26
19th Century
Preacher
"Your house is outside Bethsaida, so go around, and get home without going into the town; and if any of your neighbors come to see you, say nothing…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 8:23
Why did Jesus lead the blind man out of the village? Only on three occasions did Jesus withdraw from the people to heal: the raising of Jairus’s da…
John Gill
On Mark 8:23
17th Century
Pastor
And he took the blind man by the hand
Not for the sake of touching him, in order to heal him, as they desired, but t…
Matthew Henry
On Mark 8:22–26
17th Century
Minister
Here is a blind man brought to Christ by his friends. In this, the faith of those who brought him appeared. If those who are spiritually blind do n…