Why Did Jesus Tell People Not to Talk About His Miracles? | AskFOI

In Mark 5, Jesus raises Jairus’s daughter from the dead and strictly instructs those present not to tell anyone, yet earlier in the chapter Jesus did not restrict the delivered demon-possessed man from telling what had happened to him. Steve Herzig joins us and walks through how the Gentile setting of the Decapolis differed from the Jewish communities where Jesus was demonstrating His identity as Israel’s Messiah. He also discusses how growing opposition, public excitement, and concerns about unrest help us understand why Jesus sometimes discouraged the sharing of His miracles publicly.