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He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to,the more they proclaimed it.They were exceedingly astonished and they said, "He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak." (Mk 7:31-37)
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The Messianic Secret is an interesting part of the Gospel According to Mark. Perhaps, the gospel writer wants us to know that it is not through the healings nor any of the other miraculous signs that we know who Jesus truly is. Rather, after Jesus dies on the Cross, it is the pagan centurion who sees the manner of his death and makes the startling confession: “Truly this man was the Son of God!”