Mark 8:24
Strong's Lexicon
[The man] looked up
ἀναβλέψας (anablepsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 308: To look up, recover my sight. From ana and blepo; to look up; by implication, to recover sight.

[and] said,
ἔλεγεν (elegen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“I can see
Βλέπω (Blepō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 991: (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people,
ἀνθρώπους (anthrōpous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

[but]
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

they look
ὁρῶ (horō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

like
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

trees
δένδρα (dendra)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1186: A tree. Probably from drus; a tree.

walking around.
περιπατοῦντας (peripatountas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.

Young's Literal Translation
and he, having looked up, said, ‘I behold men, as I see trees, walking.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He looked up and said, “ I see people  — they look to me like trees walking.”

New American Standard Bible
And he looked up and said, "I see men, for I see [them] like trees, walking around."

King James Bible
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He looked up and said, "I see people; they look like trees walking around."

New Living Translation
The man looked around. "Yes," he said, "I see people, but I can't see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around."

English Standard Version
And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.”

New American Standard Bible
And he looked up and said, "I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around."

King James Bible
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He looked up and said, "I see people--they look to me like trees walking."

International Standard Version
The man looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking around."

NET Bible
Regaining his sight he said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking."

American Standard Version
And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking.

English Revised Version
And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking.

Young's Literal Translation
and he, having looked up, said, 'I behold men, as I see trees, walking.'
















Cross References
Mark 8:23
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.

Mark 8:25
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

Mark 1:1
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

Mark 8:22
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

Mark 8:21
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

Mark 8:26
And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

Mark 8:27
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
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