Mark 8:24 (WEB)
He looked up, and said, “I see men, but I see them like walking trees.”
Catechism · 1
“He makes use of signs to heal: spittle and the laying on of hands,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 7:32-36; 8:22-25.
Fathers and councils · 18
Augustine of Hippo
“But he has brought in before it a narrative which is given by him alone,—namely, that regarding the giving of sight to that blind man who said to the Lord, “I see men as trees walking.”” — editor's note: Mark viii. 22–29.
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After the feeding of the multitude, the Evangelist proceeds to the giving sight to the blind, saying, “And they came to Bethsaida, and they bring a blind man to Him, and besought Him to touch him.”
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Knowing that the touch of the Lord could give sight to a blind man as well as cleanse a leper. It goes on, “And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town.”
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For Bethsaida appears to have been infected with much infidelity, wherefore the Lord reproaches it, “Woe to thee, Bethsaida, for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would…
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He spat indeed, and put His hand upon the blind man, because He wished to shew that wonderful are the effects of the Divine word added to action; for the hand is the symbol of working, but the spittle, of the word…
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Seeing indeed the shapes of bodies amongst the shadows, but unable to distinguish the outlines of the limbs, from the continued darkness of his sight; just as trees standing thick together are wont to appear to men…
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But the reason why he did not see at once perfectly, but in part, was, that he had not perfect faith; for healing is bestowed in proportion to faith.
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From the commencement, however, of the return of his senses, He leads him to apprehend things by faith, and thus makes him see perfectly; wherefore it goes on, “After that, He put His hands again upon his eyes, and…
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These precepts He gave him, because they were unfaithful, as has been said, lest perchance he should receive hurt in his soul from them, and they by their unbelief should run into a more grievous crime.
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Or else, He leaves an example to His disciples that they should not seek for popular favour by the miracles which they did.
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Mystically, however, Bethsaida is interpreted, ‘the house of the valley’, that is, the world, which is the vale of tears. Again, they bring to the Lord a blind man, that is, one who neither sees what he has been,…
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For the Lord touches us, when He enlightens our minds with the breath of His Spirit, and He stirs us up that we may recognise our own infirmity, and be diligent in good actions. He takes the hand of the blind man,…
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And He brings him out of the town, that is, out of the neighborhood of the wicked; and He puts spittle into his eyes, that he may see the will of God, by the breath of the Holy Ghost; and putting His hands upon him,…
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Or else, putting spittle into the eyes of the blind man, He lays His hands upon him that he may see, because He has wiped away the blindness of the human race both by invisible gifts, and by the Sacrament of His…
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Or else, he sees men as trees, because he thinks all men higher than himself. But He put His hands again upon his eyes, that he might see all things clearly, that is, understand invisible things by visible, and with…
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Or else, after He has healed him, He sends him to his home; for the home of every one of us is heaven, and the mansions which are there.
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And He says to him, “If thou enter into the town, tell it not to any one,” that is, relate continually to thy neighbours thy blindness, but never tell them of thy virtue.
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