Mark 8:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold [them] as trees, walking.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀναβλέψας, ἔλεγεν, Βλέπω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ὡς δένδρα, περιπατοῦντας.

Transliteration

And having anablepsas, he was elegen, I blepō the anthrōpous as dendra, peripatountas.

Grammar Details

*anablepsas*: participle, aorist active nominative singular - having looked up
*elegen*: verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was saying
*blepō*: verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular - I see
*anthrōpous*: noun, masculine accusative plural - men/people
*dendra*: noun, neuter accusative plural - trees
*peripatountas*: participle, present active accusative masculine plural - walking

Word Meanings

*anablepsas*: having looked up/regained sight
*elegen*: he was saying/telling
*blepō*: I see/perceive/observe
*anthrōpous*: men/people/humans
*dendra*: trees/plants
*peripatountas*: walking/moving about

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Referenced Verses

Judg 9:36 : 36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
Isa 32:3 : 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
1 Cor 13:9-9 : 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; 10 but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

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