Mark 8: 23-26: Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. And he sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even enter the village."
2007-01-09 14:20:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the King James version, I believe it says, roughly re-stated, not to tell a soul as well. I would suspect that Jesus would so direct him for a number of reasons. First, miracles were sacred. Jesus was not a showman and did not want his blessings to the faithful to be sensationalized. Second, there was a lot of controversy surrounding Jesus at the time, so He would not want to stir unnecessary commotion that would attract attention to himself. Third, I believe he wanted followers primarily based on faith in who he was, not solely in the miracles he performed (a sign of who he was). He did not want superficial faith in those who would be believers.
2007-01-09 14:30:07 · answer #1 · answered by Pyebwa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because He wanted the blind man to go home and show them the mercy of God that his blindness was taken away. And also that if he should go into the village and spread the word that He would not be able to enter into to spread the gospel. Which did occur on several occasions after Jesus performed a miracle.
2007-01-09 22:26:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Jesus wants the family members to be the first one to know that the man is healed... and that the family members will believe Jesus as a healer and true God.
2. The villagers might crowd the man and confuce him of his faith...
3. there are certain persons in the village who are against Jesus...
2007-01-10 00:10:21 · answer #3 · answered by danieldenzel2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many such references in the New Testament where Jesus heals someone and then tells them not to say anything. Jesus was becoming more and more popular by the day. He needed personal time to pray and teach His disciples. He asked them to keep him a secret, because He had other ministries to perform as well as healing people. Jesus was trying to prevent His reputation from becoming like a carnival activity. He wanted the people there to listen to His teachings and not just marvel at His works. I think He mostly realized His need for prayer and was finding quality time alone in prayer harder to do.
2007-01-09 22:56:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did not want to draw attention from the authorities. He was not finished with his work.
2007-01-09 22:26:08 · answer #5 · answered by Desperado 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine at the time it was part of mosaic laws to do the ritual of cleaning
Jesus never advocated christianity, only Judaism and mimic'd Confucious
2007-01-09 22:26:40 · answer #6 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The time for him to die was not that time, and if the man revealed that he was healed it would have angered the religious leaders and they would have killed him earlier, then they did. Or so is what I am told.
2007-01-09 22:25:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He knew the man would really go to the village.Reverse psychology.
2007-01-09 22:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by lucyp1958 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One can only assume...I would say he did not want a crowd of people around him at that particular moment...
2007-01-09 22:24:47 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did not want to bring attention to Himself
2007-01-09 22:32:50 · answer #10 · answered by Jesus Freak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋