Chapter 8:22-26 The Blind Man of Bethsaida

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

They bring a blind man unto Him - Christ went about to do good, and wherever he came he found some good to be done;

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.

And He took the blind man by the hand - Giving him a proof of His readiness to help him.
In this cure we may observe,
1. That Christ used a sign; He spat on his eyes and put His hand upon him. He could have cured him, as He did others, with a word speaking, but thus He was pleased to assist his faith which was very weak, and to help him against his unbelief. And this spittle signified the eye-salve wherewith Christ anoints the eyes of those that are spiritually blind.
2. Because it should be to the patient according to his faith; and perhaps this man's faith was at first very weak, but afterward gathered strength, and accordingly his cure was. Not that Christ always went by this rule, but thus He would sometimes put a rebuke upon those who came to Him, doubting.

8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

I see men as trees, walking - His sight was so imperfect that he could not distinguish between men and trees, only by the motion of the former.

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.

And saw every man clearly - But instead of ἁπαντας, all men, several excellent MSS., and the principal versions, have ἁπαντα, all things, every object; for the view he had of them before was indistinct and confused.

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

Saying, neither go into the town - or "that town", as the Syriac, the town or city of Bethsaida: nor tell it to any in the town; to any of the inhabitants of the town that He should meet with any where or at any time: the reason of this was not merely or only because Christ would have the miracle concealed; but chiefly because the inhabitants of this place were notorious for their impenitence and unbelief. 

Christ had done many wonderful works among them and yet they repented not; nor did they believe in Him; but despised Him, His doctrine and His miracles; and therefore for their neglect and contempt of such means He was determined to withdraw them from them.