“Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.”
Jesus did not let him, but said, go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you — the refusal is surprising: Jesus regularly calls people to follow him, but here he sends the liberated man back to his community with a commission. The commission is the man's specific calling: he is uniquely positioned to testify to what has happened, and he has a community — your own people — who need the testimony. The Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you are the Christological content of the commission: Lord-ship and mercy, sovereign power and compassionate action.
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