Why did Jesus instruct people not to speak of his miracles?

[tonychanyt]

Mark 1:

40 a leper [L1] came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” 41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” 42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. 43 And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, 44 and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone,

Why did Jesus tell L1 not to tell anyone about the miracle?

but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” 45 But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news,

L1 disobeyed Jesus.

so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.

Jesus healed L1 early in his ministry. At the time, Jesus didn't want too much publicity, and he didn't want people to follow him only because of his miracles.

Mark 8:

22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village,

Jesus led him away from the villagers to an isolated spot.

and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesusc laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

Why not?

Expositor's Greek Testament:

go not into the village; to avoid creating a sensation.

Jesus wanted to avoid too much publicity and misunderstanding from the crowds at the beginning of his ministry. He didn't want people to follow him solely because of his miracles.

But then later in his ministry, Jesus healed a man with a demon in Luke 8:

39 “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

At this point of his ministry, Jesus wanted him to tell, indicating he was ready for a higher level of publicity. Jesus fed the five thousand in John 6:

14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

People thought that Messiah Jesus would introduce a geo-political kingdom. Matthew 11:

12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.

Early on, Jesus often told the people, his disciples, and the demons to be quiet because he needed to balance publicity and timing.

Later in his ministry, Peter, James, and John saw him transfigured in Matthew 17:

9 as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

The secrecy involved timing. Jesus often told the people, his disciples, and the demons to be quiet because he wanted some control over the timing of the publicity. He wanted to manage the public's perception of him throughout his ministry by controlling the timing of the publicity around his identity and mission as the Messiah. This is in accord with God's general strategy of gradual revelation.

See also

• He ordered his disciples NOT to tell anyone that he was the Messiah

 

[Aaron112]

Jesus States Clearly Jesus did not rely on Himself, nor choose Himself what to say nor to whom.

Scripture is clear about this.

Do no rely on nor trust man's reasoning, man's ways, man's mind, or any such thing of the flesh , at all, ever.

 

[Spiritual Jew]

Mark 1:


Why did Jesus tell L1 not to tell anyone about the miracle?


L1 disobeyed Jesus.


Jesus healed L1 early in his ministry. At the time, Jesus didn't want too much publicity, and he didn't want people to follow him only because of his miracles.

Mark 8:


Jesus led him away from the villagers to an isolated spot.


Why not?

Expositor's Greek Testament:


Jesus wanted to avoid too much publicity and misunderstanding from the crowds at the beginning of his ministry. He didn't want people to follow him solely because of his miracles.

But then later in his ministry, Jesus healed a man with a demon in Luke 8:


At this point of his ministry, Jesus wanted him to tell, indicating he was ready for a higher level of publicity. Jesus fed the five thousand in John 6:


People thought that Messiah Jesus would introduce a geo-political kingdom. Matthew 11:


Early on, Jesus often told the people, his disciples, and the demons to be quiet because he needed to balance publicity and timing.

Later in his ministry, Peter, James, and John saw him transfigured in Matthew 17:


The secrecy involved timing. Jesus often told the people, his disciples, and the demons to be quiet because he wanted some control over the timing of the publicity. He wanted to manage the public's perception of him throughout his ministry by controlling the timing of the publicity around his identity and mission as the Messiah. This is in accord with God's general strategy of gradual revelation.

See also

• He ordered his disciples NOT to tell anyone that he was the Messiah

I agree with all of that, but also He didn't want it to be revealed as to who He was until the right time or else they would have had Him killed sooner. But, the timing of everything was already determined beforehand. His death was prophesied in Daniel 9:24-27 and it had to occur according to the timing of that prophecy. It had to occur some time after the 69th week of the prophecy ended (Daniel 9:26) and He knew exactly when that time was.