He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
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He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
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And he sent him home to his housse sayinge: nether goo into the toune nor tell it to eny in the toune.
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And hee sent him home to his house, saying, Neither goe into the towne, nor tell it to any in the towne.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Mark 8:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 8:4 Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
- Matthew 9:30 Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, “See that no one knows about this.”
- Matthew 12:16 and commanded them that they should not make him known:
- Mark 5:43 He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
- Mark 7:36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
- Mark 8:23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Christ will not have his miracles to be separated…
Christ will not have his miracles to be separated from his doctrine.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 26 And he sent him away to his house,…
26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
Ver. 26. Neither go into the town] Christ would not vouchsafe such an ungrateful people the benefit of one more preacher, though never so mean. This was a greater judgment upon them than if he had turned some other way that arm of the sea that brought so much wealth into their town.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he sent him away to his house,.... Which…
And he sent him away to his house,.... Which seems to have been in one of the neighbouring villages or was one of the houses scattered about in the fields for the conveniency of rural business.
Saying, neither go into the town: or "that town", as the Syriac, the town or city of Bethsaida:
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nor tell it to any in the town; to any of the inhabitants of the town that he should meet with any where or at any time: the reason of this was not merely or only because Christ would have the miracle concealed; but chiefly because the inhabitants of this place were notorious for their impenitence and unbelief. Christ had done many wonderful works among them and yet they repented not; nor did they believe in him; but despised him, his doctrine and his miracles; and therefore for their neglect and contempt of such means he was determined to withdraw them from them. So Christ sometimes deals with nations cities and towns that disbelieve reject and despise his Gospel; he takes it away from them he orders his ministering servants to preach no more to them; no more to tell them of the good news of life and salvation by him: thus he dealt with the Jews who contradicted and blasphemed and judged themselves or by their conduct made themselves appear to be unworthy of the words of eternal life; he took away the kingdom of God or the Gospel from them and sent it among the Gentiles: and thus he threatened the church of Ephesus for leaving its first love to remove the candlestick out of its place in case of non-repentance; and a grievous judgment it is upon a place and people when God commands the clouds to rain no rain upon them, Isa 5:6; or, in other words when he enjoins his ministers no more to tell, or publish his Gospel to them; he determining to withdraw from them and have no more to do with them; so Christ and his disciples departed from this place, declared in the following verse.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 26. He sent him away to his house]…
Verse 26. He sent him away to his house] So it appears that this person did not belong to Bethsaida, for, in going to his house, he was not to enter into the village.
This miracle is not mentioned by any other of the evangelists. It affords another proof that Mark did not abridge Matthew's Gospel.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The town - The town of Bethsaida.
The town - The town of Bethsaida.
Nor tell it ... - Lest it excite the jealousy of the Pharisees, and produce commotion and danger.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. Nor tell it to any in the town…
26. Nor tell it to any in the town — Any man residing in the town. Very probably there was at this time a special suspicion existing of the authorities in regard to Jesus. Herod Philip (resident so near as Cesarea Philippi) may have been in Bethsaida. This supposition would account both for Jesus taking the man out of the town and for this prohibition to tell any man in it.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. to his house] Bethsaida, therefore, was not the…
26. to his house] Bethsaida, therefore, was not the place of his residence; he was to go immediately from the place to his own home—not even to the village to which he had already come, and he was not to mention it to any one dwelling in that village, or whom he might meet by the way.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) Neither go into the town.—As in other works…
(26) Neither go into the town.—As in other works of healing, so in this, our Lord seems to have prescribed quietude after, as well as before, the miracle, as a spiritual discipline—partly, we may believe, because the work that had been done called for prayer for the right use of the new, or the restored, power; partly (as in Mat_12:16), because He would not seem Himself to court the fame of publicity. Following the line of thought taken in the Note on Mar_8:24, we may extend the application to the work of spiritual illumination. Here also it is not good that the first clear apprehension of spiritual truths should be followed by the hasty utterances of the excitement of the new-born life.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain This verse, according to the best reading, runs thus:…
This verse, according to the best reading, runs thus: And he sent him away to his home, saying, Do not even enter into the village. It thus appears that Bethsaida was not the home of this blind man. He might naturally have wished to exhibit himself in Bethsaida, where many must have known him, and to have sung the praises of his great Benefactor. But this was far from what Christ wished. He wished to be in seclusion. He had no desire to excite more than could be helped the idle curiosity of the multitude. His miracles were for the sake of his doctrine, and not his doctrine for the sake of his miracles. The whole character of his administration was retiring and gentle. "My doctrine shall distil as the dew." "He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any hear his voice in the streets."
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 26. Sent him away to his house. Evidently he…
26. Sent him away to his house. Evidently he did not live in Bethsaida, as he was forbidden to go into the town, or to tell the story there.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:26 The story ends with Jesus telling the healed…
8:26 The story ends with Jesus telling the healed man to keep the event a secret (see 3:11-12).
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