Mark 7:36 (BSB)
Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
Commentary on Mark 7:36
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Mark 7:36: 36. Then he enjoined them not to tell it to any person. Many commentators torture these injunctions to an opposite meaning, as if Christ had purposely excited them to spread abroad the fame of the miracle; but I prefer a more natural interpretation which I have formerly stated, Harmony, vol. 1. p. 374. that Christ only intended to delay the publication of it till a more proper and convenient time.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 7:31-37: Our Lord Jesus seldom staid long in a place, for he knew where his work lay, and attended the changes of it. When he had cured the woman of Canaan's daughter, he had done what he had to do in that place, and therefore presently left those parts, and returned to the sea of Galilee, whereabout his usual residence was; yet he did not come...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 7:36: And were beyond measure astonished,.... The man that was cured, the men that brought him, and the whole multitude were exceedingly, beyond all expression, amazed at what was done, in this case, and many others; for there were other miracles also wrought at this time; see Mat 15:30.
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 7:36: Verse 36. Tell no man. Do not noise it abroad. He was not ambitious of being known; and he knew that if much was said of his cures, it would excite the jealousy of the Pharisees, and endanger his life.