Mark 8:24 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) The man looked up and said, “[Yes], I see people, but they look like trees walking around.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he looked up and said, I see people, but [they look] like trees, walking. American Standard Version (1901) And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking. Common English Bible The man looked up and said, “I see people. They look like trees, only they are walking around.” Catholic Public Domain Version And looking up, he said, "I see men but they are like walking trees." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And looking up, he said: I see men as it were trees, walking. |
[So], He took hold of the blind man by his hand and brought him out of the village. When Jesus spit [and put His saliva] on his eyes [See 7:33 for a similar use of His saliva in healing] and placed His hands on him [for healing], He asked him, “Can you see anything?”
Then Jesus again placed His hands on his eyes; the man stared intently, then his sight was [completely] restored and he was able to see everything clearly.