Mar 8:23, Joh 9:6 | JFB | e4.org | 23. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town —Of the deaf and dumb man it is merely said that "He took him aside" ( ); but this blind man He led by the hand out of the town, doing it Himself rather than employing another—great humility, exclaims BENGEL —that He might gain his confidence and raise his expectation. and when he had spit on his eyes —the organ affected—See on . and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught.

‏ Mark 8:23

23. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town—Of the deaf and dumb man it is merely said that "He took him aside" (Mr 7:33); but this blind man He led by the hand out of the town, doing it Himself rather than employing another—great humility, exclaims BENGEL—that He might gain his confidence and raise his expectation.

and when he had spit on his eyes—the organ affected—See on Mr 7:33.

and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught.

‏ John 9:6

6, 7. he spat on the ground, and made clay . . . and he anointed the eyes of the blind man—These operations were not so incongruous in their nature as might appear, though it were absurd to imagine that they contributed in the least degree to the effect which followed. (See Mr 6:13 and see on Joh 7:33.)