Mark 8:26

And he sent him to his house, saying, “Go into your own house, and if you enter into the town, tell no one.”

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In The King James Version

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

In Context

25Next he placed his hands again over his eyes, and he began to see. And he was restored, so that he could see everything clearly.

27And Jesus departed with his disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way, he questioned his disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?”

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Cross References

Matthew 8:4And Jesus said to him: “See to it that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses instructed, as a testimony for them.”

Matthew 12:16And he instructed them, lest they make him known.

Mark 7:36And he instructed them not to tell anyone. But as much as he instructed them, so much more did they preach about it.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:23-27

A Blind Man Restored to Sight. 22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his house,… Read the whole commentary →

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