Eoghan
Puritan Board Senior
This came up in a discussion I had with a friend about the Charismatic movement. The miracles attest to the person, says I, authenticating their message. Now we have the message (NT) the attestation of miracles is not required.
So why did Jesus tell people not to tell that he healed them? This builds a little on the 2005 thread on the "hidden messiah" which appears to have originated in the liberal camp. Sometimes spoken of as being particular to the Gospel of Mark
Key texts are
Mk 3:12
Mk 7:36
Mk 8:30
Mk 9:9
Lk 8:56
Lk 9:21
The key passage though has to be in Mathew 12
"...warning them not to tell who he was. [17] This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
MT 12:18 "Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
MT 12:19 He will not quarrel or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
MT 12:20 A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he leads justice to victory.
MT 12:21 In his name the nations will put their hope."*
If miracles were to authenticate the speaker - why keep them secret?
What do YOU think?
So why did Jesus tell people not to tell that he healed them? This builds a little on the 2005 thread on the "hidden messiah" which appears to have originated in the liberal camp. Sometimes spoken of as being particular to the Gospel of Mark
Key texts are
Mk 3:12
Mk 7:36
Mk 8:30
Mk 9:9
Lk 8:56
Lk 9:21
The key passage though has to be in Mathew 12
"...warning them not to tell who he was. [17] This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
MT 12:18 "Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
MT 12:19 He will not quarrel or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
MT 12:20 A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he leads justice to victory.
MT 12:21 In his name the nations will put their hope."*
If miracles were to authenticate the speaker - why keep them secret?
What do YOU think?