Jesus Puts His Hands on the Blind Man Again - Mark 8:25

Mark wrote how Jesus “came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking”, and in chapter eight and verse twenty-five of his book, Mark shared how Jesus, “put his hand again upon his eyes” where we read:

After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up:

and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

The verse reads, “After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up:” Mark began with the words, “after that he” which means “after the blind man answered, Jesus” “put his hands again” or “placed and lay His physical hands” “upon his eyes” which means “upon the blind man's physical eyes”, “and made him look up” or “and caused the blind man to raise his eyes to see”. Mark shared how Jesus responded to the blind man's answer by laying His hands upon his eyes a second time, and He instructed the man to “raise his eyes to see” again.

The verse goes on to say, “and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.” Mark continued with the words, “and he was restored” which means “and the blind man was reconstituted in his former way of seeing”, “and saw” or “and was able to see” “every man clearly” which means “each, all, the whole and everyone plainly and in a far-shining manner”. Mark shared how the blind man's sight was fully reconstituted, and he was able to see every person with “clarity” and in a “far-shining” manner.

When we consider Mark's words in this verse, we see how Jesus “touched” the blind man a “second time”. This demonstrates His ability to do miracles in “different” ways, and He was not locked in to only one way of healing. God uses many methods to minister to people's needs, and He knows how to employ them according to His perfect plan. God sent Jesus to remove the “spiritual blindness” within every person because of their “sin”, and when they yield their lives to Him as their “Savior and Lord”, He will minister to them in the best method to meet their personal needs.

Next time Mark shares how Jesus sent the blind man, “away to his house”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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