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The Blind Man of Bethsaida / Jesus Casts A Demon Out of a Child.
The Blind Man of Bethsaida; Peter Answers a Great Question.
NEAR BETHSAIDA, A town by the side of the Sea, lived a man who was blind. He had never been to Jesus, but he had heard how the eyes of blind people were opened by this wonderful man of Galilee, and he too wished to be healed.
One day he heard that Jesus and twelve other men had come to Bethsaida. Then his friends led him to the place where the visitors from Galilee were stopping.
Jesus did not wish to attract multitudes to himself any longer. Now he wished to have time to be alone with his disciples. So he would not heal the blind man in the place where they brought him, but took the man by the hand and led him out of town. Alone with him, he placed his hands upon the blind eyes, then asked whether the man could see.
At first the man could not see clearly. He answered, "I see men walking about, but they look like trees walking."
Jesus touched his eyes again, and they were made well. Then Jesus told him to return to his home alone, and tell no one about the miracle. He did not want a crowd to gather round, for he could not stay in Bethsaida to teach them.
From this place Jesus and his disciples journeyed north, to a city called Caesarea Philippi, not far from Mount Hermon.
On their way Jesus asked the disciples some questions. First he asked, "Who do men say that I am?"
The disciples answered, "Some say you are Elijah, the prophet, come back to earth; some think you are John the Baptist risen from the dead; others believe you are Jeremiah, the old prophet, or another of the old prophets who used to teach their fathers long ago."
Then Jesus asked, "But who do you men believe that I am?"
And Simon Peter answered boldly, "We believe that you are Christ, the promised Messiah and King, and the Son of the living God."
9 сен 2024