23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
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And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, …
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-26)This cure is related only by this evangelist, and there is something singular in the circumstances. I. Here is a blind man brought to Christ by his friends, with a desire that he would touch him , Mark 8:22. Here appears the faith of those that brought him—they doubted not but that one touch of Christ’s hand would recover him his sight; but the man himself showed not that earnestness for, or expec…
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