8:22
We now have the healing of a blind man. There are some similarities with the healing of the deaf man in Mark 7:31-37. Jesus takes the man aside, and spitting is involved in the healing! The blind man is brought to Jesus by his friends, for the man himself would not be able to find Jesus. They pleaded with Jesus to touch him. There was clearly a great faith that if Jesus touched someone then they would be healed. Today we often pray or sing about a “touch” from God. We want a personal connection from God, believing, even knowing, that if that happens it will have a significant effect on our lives.
8:23
Jesus led the man outside the village, so carrying out the healing with a degree of privacy, as with the deaf man in chapter 7. Jesus spat on the man’s eyes. Again, this seems rather disgusting to us. If someone with a “healing ministry” today followed that technique he would probably not be very popular! However, the reason is probably the same as for the deaf man. Jesus is showing the man that He is touching his eyes with the intent to heal.
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