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Andκαὶlooking up,ἀναβλέψαςhe was saying,ἔλεγεν“I seeΒλέπωpeople,τοὺς ἀνθρώπουςforὅτιI seeὁρῶthemlikeὡςtrees,δένδραwalking.”περιπατοῦντας
Mark 8:24
Study it in the app“And looking up, he was saying, “I see people, for I see them like trees, walking.””
With the Greek beneath
Mark 8:24, word by word
- looking upἀναβλέψαςanablepsas
look up
To raise your eyes, look up.
Where else “anablepsas” appears- he was sayingἔλεγενelegen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegen” appears- “I seeΒλέπωBlepō
see
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “Blepō” appears- peopleἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpous” appears- I seeὁρῶhorō
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “horō” appears- treesδένδραdendra
tree
Tree.
Where else “dendra” appears- walkingπεριπατοῦνταςperipatountas
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatountas” appears
The context
23And taking the blind man by the hand, he brought him out of the village; and spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24 · This verse (above)
25Then again he laid his hands on his eyes, and he looked intently and was restored, and he was seeing everything clearly.
To study Mark 8 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus ask his disciples about who people said he was, and what did Peter answer (vv. 27–29)?
2. What it means
What does the blind man see after Jesus' first touch, and what does he see after the second (vv. 23–25)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asked, “What will a person give in exchange for his life?” (v. 37). What do you value most in your life?