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Men Like Walking Trees
Commentators describe the man's vision as a vivid but confusing first impression of sight. He could perceive upright, moving shapes and correctly inferred they were men, but he lacked the clarity to distinguish their features, making them look like 'trees, walking.' This highlights the partial, yet miraculous, nature of the initial healing.
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Albert Barnes
On Mark 8:24
18th Century
Theologian
I see men as trees, walking. I see men walking; but see them so indistinctly, that but for their motion I could not distinguish t…
AT Robertson
On Mark 8:24
I see men, for I behold them as trees walking (Βλεπω τους ανθρωπους οτ ως δενδρα ορω περιπατουντας). A vivid description of dawnin…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 8:24
19th Century
Bishop
I see men as trees, walking.—The better manuscripts offer two words expressing different forms of perception: “I beho…
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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 8:24
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 Calvin
On Mark 8:24
16th Century
Theologian
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 received…
John Gill
On Mark 8:24
17th Century
Pastor
And he looked up
This is omitted in the Arabic and Persic versions. The sense is, that he opened his eyelids, and lifted up hi…
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…