33. The Blind Man of Bethsaida (8:14 – 26)

This story, which is found only in Mark's Gospel, details the only account of a 'partial healing' found in the Gospels. Jesus asks a man what he sees, and he says he sees men 'like trees' walking. Some have viewed this as an anticipation of the Caesarea Philippi confession, in which Peter and the other apostles see the truth of Christ, but only partially, proven when Peter begins to rebuke Jesus as Jesus explains the true meaning of Peter's Confession.