23 And he took hold of the blind man’s hand and[a] led him outside the village, and after[b] spitting in his eyes, he placed his hands on him and[c] asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24 And looking up he said, “I see people, for I see them[d] like trees walking around.” 25 Then he placed his[e] hands on his eyes again, and he opened his eyes and was cured, and could see everything clearly.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 8:23 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took hold of”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Mark 8:23 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“spitting”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Mark 8:23 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“placed”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Mark 8:24 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Mark 8:25 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun