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Lyn

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This might be a stupid question but why in Matthew 9:30 does Jesus tell the 2 blind men not to tell anyone when he healed them ?
 

Mighty Bear

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This might be a stupid question but why in Matthew 9:30 does Jesus tell the 2 blind men not to tell anyone when he healed them ?
It's a question of faith as the Lord said,"Jesus said to him, 'Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.'" John 20:29 (ESV)We don't need to see miracles in order to believe.
 

Lyn

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I guess. It just sounded really weird when I first read in my bible because it said Jesus told them 'sternly' not to tell everyone and then straight after it says they went and told everyone :|
 

zon3d

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It's because Jesus did not want to be killed just yet. If publicity of him got out of hand, he would have died earlier and he wouldn't have been able to teach his disciples as much as he did.However, it is true that Jesus lays his life down when he wants to (John 10:15), but God's sovereignty is not detached human responsibility. And Jesus, in order to lay down his life at the specific time he did, He chose to tell those blind men not to let anyone know who he was.
 

Lyn

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It's because Jesus did not want to be killed just yet. If publicity of him got out of hand, he would have died earlier and he wouldn't have been able to teach his disciples as much as he did.However, it is true that Jesus lays his life down when he wants to (John 10:15), but God's sovereignty is not detached human responsibility. And Jesus, in order to lay down his life at the specific time he did, He chose to tell those blind men not to let anyone know who he was.
oh yeah that makes sensethanks for replying