Mark Chapter 8 verse 24 Holy Bible

ASV Mark 8:24

And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold `them' as trees, walking.
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BBE Mark 8:24

And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.
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DARBY Mark 8:24

And having looked up, he said, I behold men, for I see [them], as trees, walking.
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KJV Mark 8:24

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
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WEB Mark 8:24

He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking."
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YLT Mark 8:24

and he, having looked up, said, `I behold men, as I see trees, walking.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. He looked ups natural action. He instinctively looked in the direction of the source of light. The words in the Greek of the next clause are as follows: - βλέπω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ὅτι ὡς δένδρα ὁρῶ περιπατοῦντας: I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking; that is, "I see something confusedly and obscurely, not clearly; for I see what I think must be men, and yet so dimly that they look to me like trees, only that I know that men move from their places, whereas trees do not." The word "walking" refers to the men, and not to the trees, as is evident from the Greek. This man, as yet partially blind, saw men as in shadow, magnified by the mist, looking much larger than they really were.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) I see men as trees, walking.--The better MSS. give two words expressing different forms of perception, "I behold men, for I see them walking as trees." His sight was not yet clear, but he interpreted what it told him rightly. The naturalness of this description of the first impression of the restored sense strikes every reader. From the point of view which looks on our Lord's miracles as having a symbolic character, and being, as it were, acted parables, we may see in it that which represents an analogous stage in the spiritual growth of men, when truths for which before they had no faculty of vision are seen for the first time, but are not as yet apprehended in their full or definite proportions. They need a second touch of the Divine Hand, the passing away of another film of ignorance or prejudice, and then they too see all things clearly.