Mark
8:22-30Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Healing a
Blind Man22 Then they
came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to
touch him. 23 He took
the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting on
his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him,“Do you see anything?”
24 He looked
up and said, “I see people—they look to me like trees walking.”
25 Again
Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw distinctly. He was cured
and could see everything clearly. 26 Then He sent him home, saying,“Don’t even
go into the village.”[a]Peter’s
Confession of the Messiah27 Jesus went
out with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road He
asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”
28 They
answered Him, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, one of the
prophets.”
29 “But
you,” He asked them again, “who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered Him, “You are the Messiah!”30 And He
strictly warned them to tell no one about Him