Mark wrote how Jesus' “disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. And when Jesus knew it, he said unto them, Why reason you, because you have no bread? perceive you not yet, neither understand? have you your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see you not? and having ears, hear you not? and do you not remember?When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is it that you do not understand?”, and in chapter eight and verse twenty-two of his book, Mark shared how people in Bethsaida brought, “a blind man unto him” where we read:
And he came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
The verse reads, “And he came to Bethsaida;” Mark began with the words, “and he came” which means “and Jesus entered and came forth” “to Bethsaida” or “a small fishing village on the west shore of Lake Gennesaret, home of Andrew, Peter, Philip and John whose name means house of fish”. Mark shared how Jesus now entered the village of “Bethsaida”.
The verse continues, “and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.” Mark added the words, “and they brought” which means “and people from the village of Bethsaida carried, bore up and produced” “a blind man” or “a man who could not see or who had opaque (as if smokey” vision)” “unto him” which means “to Jesus”, “and besought him” or “and begged, entreated, beseeched and encouraged Jesus” “to touch him” which means “to put His hands upon the blind man”. Mark shared how people within the village of “Bethsaida” led a man who could not see to Jesus and desired that Jesus would “put His hands” upon him.
When we consider Mark's words in this verse, we discover the desire and faith of the people within the “Bethsaida” village. They knew about a man who was “blind” in their village, and they believed if they “brought” the man to Jesus, Jesus could heal him. Jesus had a reputation for helping people when they were physically feeble or unwell, and when the people of “Bethsaida” heard Jesus was among them, they knew He could heal their friend. God loves to help people, and His greatest aid is offered through an eternal relationship with Him through His Son Jesus. Though physical maladies will come and go, those who understand there is a “spiritual” world will yield their lives to Jesus so He can remove the blindness from their eyes so they might see.
Next time Mark shares how Jesus, “took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town” Jesus, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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