Mar 8:23. Ἐπιλαβόμενος, taking to Him) Himself was leading the way, illustrating His great humility.-κώμης) Bethsaida is called πολις, a city, Joh 1:44. It was a κωμόπολις, a village-town. To the blind man, on recovering sight, the aspect of heaven and of the Divine works in nature was more joyous than that of man’s works in the village.