MaryJane
Mar 26, 2010
Why did Jesus tell those He healed to
not tell anyone? In more then one occasion
after healing he commanded them to tell no
one?
God bless
Maryjane
Why did Jesus tell those He healed to
not tell anyone? In more then one occasion
after healing he commanded them to tell no
one?
God bless
Maryjane
Something that my dad told me was that He told people that so that others may form their Faith on Him as the Son of God instead of have Faith in His Works.
According to my study bible "Jesus did not wish to stir up the popular, but mistaken, expectations that a wonder-working Messiah would soon arise as king of the Jews and deliver them from the Roman Yoke. Jesus didn't people to know because of the false Concepts of the Jews, who looked for an exclusively national and policital Messiah, Jesus didn't want to precipitate a revolution against Rome"
One possible reason is because his time had not yet come, he had to constantly keep it at bay until the Father revealed it was his time...He had to fulfill all that the father had sent him to do. To much publicity could have kept that from happening and sent him to the cross pre-maturely.
Excellent Question!!!
I'm re-studying Mark last night with the spiritual [expository] guidance of the late great "Ray" of Light C. Stedman! (GO! DTS)! - "a man of integrity" whose gifted biblical insight is like replenishing nectar into the barren, cracks of post-modernist, trans-humanist malnourishment of the millenial mind. I trust this steward's insight.
And, he explains Mark 3: 7 - 12 as such:
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Why did Jesus tell those He healed to not tell anyone?
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
(Matthew 4:23-25)
It's not surprising that crowds followed Jesus when He performed such wonders. We know how much men value physical health. But Jesus was far more anxious to save the souls than to heal the bodies of men, and so he always sought for opportunities to preach the gospel. Probably one reason Jesus didn't want them to mention the means of their healing was, that he foresaw that if the miracles were widely broadcast, a still greater crowd of diseased people would come to Him, and therefore his preaching would be interrupted. Physical disease must have appeared to him very small in comparison to the disease of sin which leads to destruction.
We judge diseases by their end, and not by their beginning. If we have seen a man die from any disease, when we see the beginning of that disease in another we are filled with horror. Jesus had seen souls tormented in burning flames, and he knew that sin was the beginning of hell.
In Christ,
Ron
...Mark 3: 11 (NIV)
"Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was."
YET...LATER in Mark 5: 1 - 17
When Christ and his disciples reached the region of Gerasenes and "a man with an evil spirit" (Mark 5: 2) fell on his knees in front of Christ -
Mark 3' - EVIL SPIRITS appeal to Christ's presence and POPULARITY
FLATTERY / FALSE FORCES
Accolade: "You are the Son of God" (Mark 3: 12)
Resulting Witness for Christ: Superficial - His power and identity as Truth would be distorted by a shallow emphasis on the frenzy of his present popularity. Christ did not come to gain Popularity or the surface flattery of fame-stricken maddening crowds -
...if one's encounter with Christ merely results in the Babylonian AWE of man's primal, egomaniacal, drive to associate/equalize the SELF with the "glorified" "Son of God" -
...then this is, indeed a false testimony...which has encountered the Christ, with no resulting spritual transformation...an unclean spirit
In Mark 3:12 Christ is rejecting the testimony of an "unclean spirit" - because their testimony will only decieve others about who Christ really is - and an the untransformed life of a sinfully, rebellious witness - will associate Christ's nature with the behavior of heathens -
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...and so in Mark 3: 12, when Christ recognizes the age - old evil spriit of "Balaam's Error" presenting itself at His feet as a "witness" to His mere popularity and power to transform / heal the flesh -
He rejects the testimony and tells them "do not tell others about Me" because to protect God's people from becoming prey to the "Error of Balaam" once again by evil spirits who use religion and popularity to decieve the masses.
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...In Mark 5' - Demon possessed man - EVIL SPIRIT "Legion" appeals to Christ's power and mercy...
Well...Enough for now (Never Enough...Ever)
Hi MJ,
The idea that Jesus was sent to specific people, and, that historically this is how God works, is, I believe, part of your answer, and accommodates our limitations.
Luke 4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord [i]is[i]it[i]a city[i]that was
Mark 3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched [i]it[i]from[i]unto him
Acts 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [i]being[i]hour[i]him
I wonder if Jesus was concerned for the safety of those whom He had healed or delivered?
John 7:13, John 19:38, John 20:19
greetings
thank you everyone for your replies. My son and I were discussing this some more and he was thinking that perhaps Jesus did tell them not to say anything as a way of protecting them from the Jews in power at the time. It may have been that if those who were healed did try to spread around what Jesus had done for them they may have become a target by the pharisees as well? Something to consider as Alive-to-God suggested also.
Jesus only did what the Father instructed Him to do so it could also be that He did not want it widely spread that He was doing these miracle for the simple reason to keep order. As someone mentioned if it had become more widely known Jesus would have had even more crowds to deal with. All those who were sick would have come from even further away.
Still Jesus knew that some would tell others what happened to them and how they were healed and yet he instructs them to say nothing? Would those who do tell have been guilty of sin for telling?
God Bless
mj
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