Question: Why does Jesus ask the clear-headed Gerasene man to spread the miracle around(Lk8.39) while he asked the parents of the dead girl to keep silence about the miracle of reviving(Lk8.56)?
Actually, I also thought about this question for a long time, and just now a thought came to me. I think that this man is the only believer in the region of Gerasenes:
37 [...]all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear.
Even those who came in boat with Jesus also were filled with fear and amazement rather than believing in him:
25 In fear and amazement they asked one another, Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.
So maybe Jesus was commissioning this first seed to preach in the all region. And this man did recognize that he is the only one and did take his mission without fear or hesistation. I think he is really our model.
Comparing with Jairus's case, many people in this region has believed in Jesus and was waiting for Jesus back:
40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.
It's not to say that Jesus are unwilling more people saved. I think maybe Jesus has a higher expectation to the people in this region, expectation that they come not just for the miracle, but for the truth or the teachings. I think it is also meaning for us nowadays. What do we come to see? To see the miracle or to seek God's teaching? And we could also think what kind of expectation Jesus has to us. :)
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