Bible Question: Shalom,brothers and sisters.In the book of Mark 1:23-27, why did Jesus not allow the demons to speak about Him when they were cast out?If the people nearby saw and heard, would that have helped prove that He is the Christ? michael |
Bible Answer: Dear Michael, John the Baptist witness Him (Mat 3:11-14) God witness Him (Mat 3:17, John 5:30-38) The below commentary from John Gill is helpful, too. “And Jesus rebuked him,.... Checking his insolence, despising his flattery, and refusing to receive a testimony from him; and which he wanted not, lest it should be thought he had a familiarity and confederacy with him: saying, hold thy peace; stop thy mouth, I need no such witness as thine, nor thy praises; I am not to be soothed by thy flattery, nor is my mouth to be stopped, or power restrained, by such methods: wherefore he adds, and come out of him: I will not let thee alone, thy encomiums of me shall not prevail upon me to leave thee in the quiet possession of the man; I will give a testimony of who I am, by the dispossessing of thee out of this man…” Shalom Azure |