Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22And they came jto Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23And khe took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when khe had lspit on his eyes and mlaid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25Then Jesus3 laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26And he sent him to his home, saying, n“Do not even enter the village.”
Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ
27oAnd Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they told him, p“John the Baptist; and others say, qElijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, r“You are sthe Christ.” 30tAnd he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.
Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
31uAnd he began to teach them that vthe Son of Man must wsuffer many things and xbe rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and yafter three days rise again. 32And he said this zplainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, a“Get behind me, Satan! For you bare not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
Footnotes
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And Now for the Rest of the Story
Mark 8:22–33 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:44 • ID: 2739
An lll-Conceived Rebuke
Mark 8:31–9:1 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 43:17 • ID: 2502
“Who Do You Say I Am?”
Mark 8:27–30 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 29:41 • ID: 2473
The Present Kingdom — Part One
Matthew 1:1 – John 21:25 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 37:00 • ID: 2392
A Study in Mark, Volume 4
The Christ and His Disciples Mark 8:22–9:50 Series • ID: 14104
They Just Don’t Get It. Do We?
Mark 8:31–9:1, Mark 9:30–37, Mark 10:32–45 Series • ID: 25601Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.