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NASB | Mark 1:34 And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 1:34 And Jesus healed many who were suffering with various diseases; and He drove out many demons, but would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him [recognizing Him as the Son of God]. |
Bible Question: When reading in Mark I found it interesting that Jesus told the demons not to tell who He was. Did the people who were there not hear them saying He was the Son of God? What am I missing? Why would He not want them to tell anyone who He is? |
Bible Answer: Oops. I answered a question under azurelaw's post, not seeing this original question. Various Good reasons! Demons would not have represented Him properly. People would have unnecessarily connected Messiah to satan. Not a Good connection. LOL. And, something like this might have occurred--sorry for the KJVish wordings-- Act 16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: Act 16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. Act 16:18a And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved.... Yes, It was quite distracting, and a nuisance. So finally Paul-- "turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour." --Act 16:18b. While this seems like a Good thing, and it was, the people who had been using her to make money were not pleased. Not many of us would want to suffer the following as a result: Paul and Silas ended up being "captured"; dragged into the marketplace; accused of being troublemakers and of teaching illegal and/or heretical things, the end result of which was: a "multitude" or crowd rising up against them; the magistrates tearing off their clothes, commanding Paul and Silas to be beaten; and Paul and Silas WERE beaten with "many stripes"; and then they were thrown into prison. Yahshua of Nazareth also limited what SOME PEOPLE said about Him. If you don't take charge of your own publicity, someone else (often the media) will. It was important for Him to not get crucified or otherwise maimed or killed before His time! And He had already come close on some occasions, including right after His first sermon (about Jews and Gentiles). --corrective. ©2008. |