When Jesus began
healing people, he urged those who were healed not to publicize what had
happened. It appears that at the beginning of the Lord’s ministry years, He
preferred to fly under the radar. He probably knew that when some people heard
about what He was doing, they wouldn’t be happy about it.
Still, it’s not easy to
keep authentic miracles under wraps. The word got around and Jesus began to
draw crowds. When He healed a man’s withered hand on the Sabbath, Jesus crossed
some sort of a line. “Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with
the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.” Mark 3:6