"How did Jesus cure the blind man?" (Alleged Contradiction #E2488)
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 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 looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 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 8:22-25
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay …
John 9:6
Response
These may have been two different blind men. In any case, to “spit on his eyes” is the same as to make mud from spit and place it on his eyes. This is not a contradiction, just a different way of wording it.
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