Eoghan
Puritan Board Senior
I was seeing a patttern of the Jews being commanded to keep quiet about miracles but outside Israel Jesus was more relaxed. (Mark 5:19, 7:29)
I had the Decapolis down as a Gentile area and so not subject to the "reporting restrictions" that Jesus commanded (although nobody seems to have paid Him heed) in Israel among Jews.
This kind of comes unstuck if Mark 7:36 is addressed to Gentiles who had no (false) messianic expectations of an earthly kingdom.
Help me! What is silence commanded about miracles? Is it only to Jews? Why does Jesus encourage others to spread the news?
I had the Decapolis down as a Gentile area and so not subject to the "reporting restrictions" that Jesus commanded (although nobody seems to have paid Him heed) in Israel among Jews.
This kind of comes unstuck if Mark 7:36 is addressed to Gentiles who had no (false) messianic expectations of an earthly kingdom.
Help me! What is silence commanded about miracles? Is it only to Jews? Why does Jesus encourage others to spread the news?