Mark 8:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 anything.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐπιλαβόμενος τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ τυφλοῦ, ἐξήγαγεν αὐτὸν ἔξω τῆς κώμης· καὶ πτύσας εἰς τὰ ὄμματα αὐτοῦ, ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῷ, ἐπηρώτα αὐτὸν εἴ τι βλέπει.

Transliteration

And having epilabomenos the cheiros of the typhlou, he exēgagen him outside the kōmēs; and having ptysas into the ommata of him, having epitheis the cheiras to him, he epērōta him if anything he blepei.

Grammar Details

• *epilabomenos*: participle, aorist middle nominative singular - having taken hold
• *cheiros*: noun, feminine genitive singular - of hand
• *typhlou*: adjective used as noun, masculine genitive singular - of blind man
• *exēgagen*: verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he led out
• *kōmēs*: noun, feminine genitive singular - of village
• *ptysas*: participle, aorist active nominative singular - having spit
• *ommata*: noun, neuter accusative plural - eyes
• *epitheis*: participle, aorist active nominative singular - having laid upon
• *cheiras*: noun, feminine accusative plural - hands
• *epērōta*: verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was asking
• *blepei*: verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he sees

Word Meanings

• *epilabomenos*: having taken hold/grasped/taken
• *cheiros*: hand/arm
• *typhlou*: blind man/blind person
• *exēgagen*: he led out/brought out
• *kōmēs*: village/town
• *ptysas*: having spit/spat
• *ommata*: eyes/sight
• *epitheis*: having laid upon/placed on
• *cheiras*: hands/arms
• *epērōta*: he was asking/questioning
• *blepei*: he sees/perceives/notices

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Taking the blind man by the hand, he led him out of the village. After spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked him, 'Do you see anything?'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} he took{G1949} hold of the blind man{G5185} by the hand,{G5495} and brought{G1806} him{G846} out of{G1854} the village;{G2968} and{G2532} when he had spit{G4429} on{G1519} his{G846} eyes,{G3659} and laid{G2007} his hands{G5495} upon him,{G846} he asked{G1905} him,{G846} {G1487} Seest{G991} thou aught?{G5100}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} he took{G1949}{(G5637)} the blind man{G5185} by the hand{G5495}, and led{G1806}{(G5627)} him{G846} out of{G1854} the town{G2968}; and{G2532} when he had spit{G4429}{(G5660)} on{G1519} his{G846} eyes{G3659}, and put{G2007}{(G5631)} his hands{G5495} upon him{G846}, he asked{G1905}{(G5707)} him{G846} if{G1536} he saw{G991}{(G5719)} ought{G1536}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he caught the blynde by the honde and leade him out of the toune and spat in his eyes and put his hondes apon him and axed him whether he saw ought.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he toke the blynde by the hande, aud led him out of the towne, and spat in his eyes, and layed his handes vpon him, and axed him whether he sawe ought.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then he tooke the blinde by the hand, and ledde him out of the towne, and spat in his eyes, and put his handes vpon him, and asked him, if he sawe ought.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he caught the blinde by the hand, and led him out of the towne: and whe he had spyt in his eyes, & put his handes vpon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having taken the hand of the blind man, he led him forth without the village, and having spit on his eyes, having put `his' hands on him, he was questioning him if he doth behold anything:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, Seest thou aught?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, Seest thou aught?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

• World English Bible (2000)

  He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked,“Do you see anything?”

Referenced Verses

• Mark 7:33 : 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, put his fingers in his ears, and spat and touched his tongue.
• Acts 9:8 : 8 And Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one: but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
• Mark 5:23 : 23 And begged him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: I pray you, come and lay your hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
• Heb 8:9 : 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord.
• Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see.
• John 9:6-7 : 6 When he had spoken thus, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spit, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is translated, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came back seeing.
• Isa 44:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
• Isa 51:18 : 18 There is none to guide her among all the sons she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand of all the sons she has raised.
• Jer 31:32 : 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says the LORD: