Lesson 3292

 (Lesson 3292)(01-07-21) Mark 8:22-26

     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.” 

    In my opinion, today’s quote is not AT ALL representative of the true power of Jesus Christ. I believe there were needless embellishments made to Mark’s account of the actual events of that day.

    Mark’s account of that day’s events leaves the impression that Jesus was unable to repair the blind man’s sight with His first try, making it necessary for Jesus to make a second attempt. To me, that notion is simply silly and beyond reason. It DOES NOT take two attempts for Jesus to get it right. 

    We are all certainly entitled to our own opinion, but I cannot accept Mark’s account of that miracle as being an accurate one. 

    John chapter nine relates a similar action, but DOES NOT imply that Jesus failed with His first attempt to heal the man. ~