The Meaning of Mark 8:26 Explained

Mark 8:26

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

YLT: and he sent him away to his house, saying, 'Neither to the village mayest thou go, nor tell it to any in the village.'

Darby: And he sent him to his house, saying, Neither enter into the village, nor tell it to any one in the village.

ASV: And he sent him away to his home, saying, Do not even enter into the village.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Mark 8:26?

MEANING: What does Mark 8:26 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Mark 8:26 mean?

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What is the context of Mark 8:26?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell [it] to any in the town.

What does Mark 8:26 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Probably Jesus gave this order to safeguard His mission (cf. Mark 1:44-45; Mark 5:43; Mark 7:36). The man appears to have lived somewhere other than in Bethsaida.

With this miracle Jesus fulfilled another aspect of messianic prophecy. The divine Messiah would open blind eyes ( Isaiah 35:5-6). Old Testament writers claimed that it is God who gives sight to the blind ( Psalm 146:8; Isaiah 29:18). The conclusion should have been obvious: Jesus is the God-man.

Context Summary

Mark 8:22-38 - The Cost Of Following Jesus

Our attention has been drawn to the Master's sighs; here, however, was another characteristic act. He spat on the eyes of the blind man, perhaps to excite his expectation and faith. Repulsive as ophthalmia is in the East, it did not repel Him nor staunch the flow of His pity.

We do not at once see everything clearly, but step by step we come unto perfect vision. Here we see through a glass darkly, there face to face. There was a great price to be paid; it was only through suffering and death that Jesus could do His greatest work, in redeeming and cleansing the children of men. He might have been the miracle-worker apart from Calvary; but to be the Savior, He must not spare Himself but be willing to pour out His soul even unto death. It was hard for the Apostles to learn this lesson; they wanted the Master to spare Himself. Peter, especially, sought to dissuade Him; but the Lord knew better the desperate need of men and how it must be met. There are three conditions to be fulfilled by those who have resolved to follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. 1. We must deny self; 2. Each must take up his cross; 3. We must think more of others than of ourselves. If these are realized, the soul is following Christ and making progress, even though it deems itself stagnant or drifting back. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 8

¹ Jesus feeds the people miraculously;
¹⁰ refuses to give a sign to the Pharisees;
¹⁴ admonishes his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod;
²² gives a blind man his sight;
²⁷ acknowledges that he is the Jesus who should suffer and rise again;
³⁴ and exhorts to patience in persecution for the profession of the gospel

Greek Commentary for Mark 8:26

To his home [εις οικον αυτου]
A joyful homecoming that. He was not allowed to enter the village and create excitement before Jesus moved on to Caesarea Philippi. [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 8:26 mean?

And He sent him to [the] home of him saying Not into the village may you enter nor may tell [it] to anyone in the village

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ λέγων Μηδὲ εἰς τὴν κώμην εἰσέλθῃς ⧼μηδὲ εἴπῃς τινὶ ἐν τῇ κώμῃ⧽

ἀπέστειλεν	He sent
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀποστέλλω Sense: to order (one) to go to a place appointed.
οἶκον	[the] home
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: οἶκος Sense: a house.
αὐτοῦ	of him
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
λέγων	saying
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak.
εἰς	into
Parse: Preposition Root: εἰς Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among.
κώμην	village
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: κώμη Sense: the common sleeping place to which labourers in the field return, a village.
εἰσέλθῃς	may you enter
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: εἰσέρχομαι Sense: to go out or come in: to enter.
⧼μηδὲ	nor
Parse: Conjunction Root: μηδέ Sense: and not, but not, nor, not.
εἴπῃς	may tell [it]
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say.
τινὶ	to anyone
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: τίς Sense: who, which, what.
κώμῃ⧽	village
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: κώμη Sense: the common sleeping place to which labourers in the field return, a village.

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