“But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.”
But they went away and spread his fame through all that district. The disobedience to the secrecy command — they spread his fame through all that district — is not commended but it is reported. The spread of news about Jesus is unstoppable; the warning against it is overridden by the enthusiasm of those who have been healed. Mark's gospel presents this pattern most prominently (Mark 1:44–45; 7:36). The news that spreads creates the crowds that produce both the receptive and the hostile responses that occupy the rest of the gospel.
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