I have tried to imagine being one of those people who was healed, or even someone who witnessed such a healing, and I cannot fathom being able to NOT tell people about such a thing! And I’m pretty sure that people would be asking how I got healed, which would make it even more likely that I would tell people.

There is, as I’ve said, no “right” answer, as far as I know. And in cases like this, I always figure that if it were important that I know the exact reason, it would not have been left out.

Here’s what I’ve come to — and again, it’s not authoritative. We haven’t gotten to it yet, but John 2:1-11 starts out with the narration of Christ’s first miracle, where he produced wine from water.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%202%3A1-11&version=HCSB;KJV

After his mother tells Jesus that the host had run out of wine, Jesus said to her, “What has this concern of yours to do with me, woman? My hour has not yet come.”

When I went to find out what that could have been about, I read prophecy after prophecy in the Old Testament which were specific about when the Son of God would die and when he would be resurrected. It was clear that he had to fulfill those prophecies, just as He had done with His birth.

So, that being the case, I would think that if word of his miracles reached the “wrong” people before Christ’s “hour,” it could cause things to go in the wrong order or His crucifixion to happen in the wrong time.

But as I said, there is no “right answer” as far as I have been able to tell, and the answer has no bearing on whether we are saved or not, so I just find it interesting to think about.

I hate to be the only one — or even the first one — to comment because it adds to the illusion that I am “running” this study, when in fact, we all are.