Why Did Jesus Heal The Blind Man
So there must be some purpose in the two stage healing of this blind man.
Why did jesus heal the blind man. The miracle of healing the man born blind is one of miracles of jesus in the gospels. And when he had spit on his eyes and put his hands upon him he asked him if he saw ought. According to the gospel of john 9 1 12 jesus saw a man who had been blind since birth.
Healing of the blind man by jesus christ by carl bloch. So why the protracted healing here. A reader of mark s gospel may rightly inquire why does jesus heal the blind man in two stages in mark 8 22 26 earlier in the gospel we ve seen that with simply a word jesus can heal from a distance 7 29.
Bible story of bartimaeus bartimaeus was a blind beggar who called out to jesus for mercy and healing. 24 and he looked up and said i see men as trees walking. 22 and he cometh to bethsaida.
To heal the man jesus spit on the man s eyes and laid his hands on him. 23 and he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. Instead of seeing the need for a saving and healing god they focused on the fleshly nature the sinful nature of man and attributed it as the cause of the man being born blind.
In mark 8 22 26 jesus encounters a blind man in bethsaida. Jesus heals the blind man. This is the same reason why the jews rejected jesus.
Let s begin by noting one thing we can say the text is definitely not teaching. And they bring a blind man unto him and besought him to touch him. But the text merely relates the story.
And that brings us back to the question what s going. He never did random miracles or simply performed miracles for no reason at all. The man opened his eyes and could see men but they were blurry and looked like trees walking around.
The faith of bartimaeus is seen in how he addresses jesus as the son of god. 25 after that he put his hands again upon his eyes and made him look up. It doesn t explain the deeper meaning.
