26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
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And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
And 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.
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
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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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