1. Mark 8:26 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why did Jesus command the blind man not to go into the village?

Mark 8:26 (ESV)

26 And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

Jesus’ command has something to do with secrecy and an unwillingness to have lots of people to come to him at this moment in time. The fact that he commands him to go home without going into the village suggests that the man came from a different town.