On our Sunday morning walk through Mark's Gospel, we have reached the halfway point. In this passage, Mark changes focus as we begin to see Jesus' journey to the Cross unfold before our eyes.
"They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
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?'
He looked up and said, 'I see people; they look like trees walking around.'
Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
Jesus sent him home, saying, 'Don’t go into the village.'
Mark 8:22-26
Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them,
'Who do people say I am?'
They replied, 'Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.'
'But what about you?' he asked. 'Who do you say I am?'
Peter answered, 'You are the Christ.'
Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
Mark 8:27-30
Ok. So...what do YOU say about this?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
i've never really thought about it before...but right now i'm really weirded out about the whole spitting into the man's eyes thing.
hah i know that's probably not the kind of feedback you wanted
Why did Jesus have to lay his hands on the blind man TWICE in order for him to see clearly?
wait a minute..
jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him?
I am curious no bread and fish with this miracle. I am curious he takes this man from those that brought him to Jesus and takes him out of the village. Then once sight restored tells the man to Go Home, if that was me i would be wondering where is my home i just got my sight back. I thought about this the reason i feel he had to touch the man twice was not a seeing externally it was seeing the purpose of why he was here and seeing clearly the path in faith he shall follow and only then will he see clearly.
He didn't want crowds flocking to witness the "magic" of His miracles. His focus seemed to be on feeding His followers what they yearned for most (His teachings), while He was still with them.
Post a Comment