Hi everyone
I want to contribute to the question ** How did Jesus cure the blind man at the bethsida?
All throughout the four gospels we see instances of Jesus doing divine acts of healing. Some of His miraculous accounts are recorded for us several times, told from different vantage point in the different gospels. Yet there are other miracles recorded for us only once, unique to the gospel which contains it. Within the gospel of Mark we find one of these unique miracles recorded in detail. The account of Jesus healing the blind man outside the village of Bethsaida is not only rare because it is only written about once, but it is also the only progressive miracle Jesus performed in the New Testament. We will explore this miracle more by examining each verse in Mark containing this account ( mark 8: 22-26)
Mark 8: 22: They came to Bethsida and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.”
Bethsaida was a village located near the mouth of the upper Jordan River on the east bank of the Sea of Galilee. This village is no longer inhabited but archaeologists have discovered its ruins and verified that it did exist at the time of Christ. As Jesus went through His upper Galilean ministry, He would have visited this village and been welcomed with the excitement of the people as they longed to see Jesus perform a miracle.
Mark 8: 23: He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When He had spit on the man’s eyes and put His hands on him, Jesus asked “do you see anything?”
Mark 8: 24: He looked up and said, I see people; they look like trees walking around.
Mark 8: 25 Once again Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
Mark 8: 26: Jesus sent him home, saying, ‘Don’t go into the village.
Thank you!
