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5 days ago · Jesus did not give His disciples a limited set of instructions but a complete way of life. “Godliness has value for all things” (1 Timothy 4:8). By instructing His disciples to teach others to observe all things, Jesus ensures that His disciples will live out the fullness of His teachings, embracing all aspects of the Christian life.
Jesus had equipped them and released them to do ministry. Jesus shared truth that was new to them. Jesus modeled discipleship to them as they were all together. Jesus taught to and modeled for his disciples, fully expecting them to reach the point that they could make disciples independently.
- Pattern of Revealing and Concealing
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To begin, it’s important to note that Jesus’s commands for silence form part of a broader pattern of simultaneously revealing andconcealing who he is. On the one hand, Jesus doesn’t appear secretive at all. He is visibly anointed by the Holy Spirit and declared “Son” by the Father (Mark 1:9–11); proclaims the kingdom/gospel openly in Galilee (1:14–...
With evil spirits, Jesus’s commands to “be silent” and “not to make him known” (Mark 1:24; 1:34; 3:12) come on the heels of the spirits’ crying that he’s the “Holy One of God” (1:24) or “Son of God” (3:11). Jesus forbids them from speaking, then, “because they knew him” (1:34). Apparently as supernatural beings they have insight into who Jesus real...
With Jesus’s disciples the commands to silence take a different shape. The first instance comes after Peter proclaims Jesus to be “the Christ” (Mark 8:29)—at which Jesus “charged them to tell no one about him” (8:30). The second comes after the transfiguration scene (9:2–8)—at which Jesus “charged them to tell no one what they had seen” until after...
In sum, Jesus’s commands to silence seem aimed at controlling the spread of information about Jesus as well as its timing: he is the Messiah and divine Son, but that is only fully revealed at his death and resurrection. Until then, the misunderstandings result in shrieking demons, spiraling crowds, and obtuse statements by the disciples. But what a...
- Greg Lanier
The fact that Jesus Himself taught in travelling through Samaria (John 4), appears to be at variance with the injunction in our passage (Strauss); but this is one of those paradoxes in the Master’s proceedings about which the disciples were not to be enlightened till some time afterwards.
Oct 11, 2020 · Jesus was not encouraging his disciples to be rude. Rather, he was emphasizing that his followers should avoid unnecessary distractions and make the most of their time. The prophet Elisha once gave similar instructions to his servant Gehazi.
How did the disciples' obedience to Jesus' instructions bless people? Of what value were their reports and Jesus' debriefing? Lessons compiled in 805-page book in paperback, Kindle, & PDF.
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Jun 22, 2004 · Why would Jesus send His disciples out to the “boonies”—to the insignificant and remote villages of Galilee, when He would not go to the capital? It would seem today that Jesus would have been expected to go to Herod personally.
