Mark 8:23-38 ▼

23 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything? He asked.

24 The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.

25 Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

26 Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village [“Do not go and tell anyone in the village.”].”

27 Then Jesus (YHWH saves) and His disciples (pupils) went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?

28 They replied, “Some say John (YHWH is gracious) the Baptist; others say Elijah (my God is YHWH); and still others, one of the prophets.

29 “But what about you⁺? Jesus asked. “Who do you⁺ say I am? Peter (rock) answered, “You are the Christ (the Anointed One).

30 And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.

31 Then He began to teach {didaskein} them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.

32 He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter (rock) took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

33 But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples (pupils), rebuked Peter (rock) and said, “Get behind Me, Satan (the adversary)! For you do not have in mind the things of God {Theou}, but the things of men.

34 Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples (pupils), and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow (accompany) Me.

35 For whoever wants to save his life {psychēn} will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel (good news) will save it.

36 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul {psychēn}?

37 Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul {psychēs}?

38 If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory {doxē} with the holy angels (messengers).