The Lord did not deliver this man from his blindness all at once, but by degrees. He might indeed have done it in a moment, usually the Lord did so. Here however He chose to do it in steps. At first the blind man only partially sees, and men appear “as trees walking." Afterward his eyesight was restored completely, and he "saw every man clearly." This is how it is with Christians today. Our seeing is only partial in this world until the end of our life story when we shall see and understand all. In this world we see in part and know in part. As Paul said, “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known” (1 Corinthians 13:12) and “if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know” (1 Corinthians 8:2). We have to continually pray, “open mine eyes that I may see.”