![]() This understanding of Jesus as human being with faith reflects within the healing process of the blindman from Bethsaida. This difference is what completed the meanings of both events-so far as that it is this very difference that explained how faith in Christianity works.įirst of all, it is necessary to recognize how Mark portrayed Jesus before describing the healing event that happened in Bethsaida: the picture Mark painted from verse 1:1 to 8:21 is mainly focused on describing Jesus as the believer-that is, he is the leader of the disciples and the one that all believers follow. However, the process of how Jesus heal is different. We tend to pay attention to the results over the process-both events end with the same result, that is, both blindman has their eyesight restored. Notice how Mark 8:22-26 described that during the healing process, Jesus physically laid his hands on the blind man’s eyes and also asked him a question before restoring the sight of the blindman in the village of Bethsaida, but when the beggar from Bartimaeus asked Jesus to heal his blindness, Jesus simply told him “Go your way, your faith has made you well.” and the beggar’s sight was restored. One is able to see through the work of faith. The ones who thought that they are seeing are actually blind and the one who knew that they can’t see are able to see. Jesus said: “For judgement I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”(John 9:39) The concept of blindness in the Bible has a remarkable importance-the ones that are physically blind does not have ability to sin and the ones who are spiritually blind has everything to do with sinning. The concept of blindness is always one of the many key concepts that helps us to reach a better understanding about the work of faith. These two events are very similar to one another, however, these two event descriptions has different meanings. Mark 8:22-26 described the events that Jesus healed a blind man in Bethsaida Mark 10:46-52 described the event that Jesus healed a blind beggar in Bartimaeus. My focus is on newer commentaries (at least in part because most of the classics are now freely or cheaply available) and I am offering approximately 5 recommendations for each book of the Bible, alternating between the Old Testament and the New.There are multiple healing events that were presented in the Bible where Jesus and His fellow disciples heal the ills-but these 2 healing stories from Mark 8:22-26 and 10:46-52 that we will be examining has it’s significant remarks considering the fact that the concept of “blindness” is involved in both cases. Since I did all of that work, and since I continue to keep up with the project, I thought it might be helpful to share the recommendations. ![]() I studied them and then began my collection on the basis of what the experts told me. ![]() I know when I’m in way over my head, so before I began I collected every good resource I could find that rated and reviewed commentaries. Over the past couple of years I have focused on building a collection of commentaries that will include only the best volumes on each book of the Bible. When I add a book I almost always remove a book, a practice that allows me to focus on quality over quantity. For those reasons and others I will never have a huge library. I work in a small office in a small church. ![]()
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