Key Verse Spotlight
Mark 8:23 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.β
Mark 8:23
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring 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.
After that he put {his} hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell {it} to any in the town.
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