8:22
The commentary I am using sees this as the start of the “second part” of Mark. The first part has been focused on the fact that Jesus teaches, His miracles and His authority. The second part is on the conflict with the religious leaders, His teaching, and, of course, the cross and resurrection. There are only three healing miracles recorded in this part, two involving blindness, and the third the deliverance of a boy from a demon. So far there have been no accounts of the blind being healed, though since Jesus has healed many from all sorts of diseases it would seem probable that some blind people had been healed. Whatever the case, some people bring a blind man to Jesus.
8:23,24
Jesus led the blind man outside the village in order to carry out the healing. We are not told why Jesus did this. Jesus spat on the man’s eyes. This is the second time in Mark that saliva has been used with regard to healing (Mark 7:33). Jesus then asks the man if he could see anything. The man says that he can see people, and that they look like trees walking around. This is generally taken as indicating a partial healing.
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