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“And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it” (Matthew 9:30).
“Jesus…saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee” (Mark 5:19).
Here we find the Lord Jesus healing two men who were blind, and in another place, casting demons out of a man. Yet He gave totally opposite instructions to them! He told the two men who had been blind not to tell anyone, but told the man with the demons to go home and tell his friends what the Lord had done for him. Why was this?
The two blind men lived right in the same area where the Lord Jesus spent a lot of His time. Sad to say, many people came to the Lord Jesus just to see the miracles He did. They did not really believe on Him, and when they crowded around Him, they only hindered His work. The Lord Jesus already had enough publicity!
But the man with the demons lived on the other side of the Sea of Galilee, and the Lord Jesus did not normally spend much time there. Those people needed to hear about the Lord, and the man who had been healed was well known. He had been so violent and offensive before he met the Lord Jesus that no one could pass by the cemetery where he lived. When he was no longer under Satan’s influence, he was an excellent witness of the power and goodness of God. The Lord Jesus gave each one the right instructions.
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