began to publish it much even as others in similar circumstances found it impossible to keep silence; comp. (1) the blind man, Matthew 9:30-31; (2) the man with an impediment of speech, Mark 7:36.

could no more openly enter into the city In these words we have perhaps one of the reasons why the Lord enjoined silence on the leper. A certain degree of secrecy and reserve was plainly necessary in respect to the Lord's miracles, or it would have been impossible for Him to have moved from place to place.

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