Mark 8:24

The Passion Translation

“Yes,” he said. “My sight is coming back! I’m beginning to see people, but they look like trees—walking trees.”

Cross References

Isaiah 29:18

In that day the deaf will begin to hear the words that have been written, and out of the darkness and gloom, the eyes of the blind will be opened to see.

Isaiah 32:3

Then at last, eyes that are ready to see will finally be opened! Ears that are ready to hear will finally be opened!

Mark 8:23

So Jesus led him, as his sighted guide, outside the village. He placed his saliva on the man’s eyes and covered them with his hands. Then he asked him, “Now do you see anything?”

Mark 8:25

Jesus put his hands over the man’s eyes a second time and made him look up. The man opened his eyes wide and he could see everything perfectly. His eyesight was completely restored!

Judges 9:36

When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, “Look, an army is marching down from the hilltops!” Zebul replied, “That’s nothing but shadows in the hills; they only look like men.”