We can’t say for sure, but we can make some educated guesses. 1) Jesus doesn’t want His Messiahship to be reduced to a bit of hot gossip. 2) The disciples don’t fully understand what it means and should wait until they do. 3) The people hearing it all have different ideas about what the Messiah should be. 4) He’d rather people talk about what they are experiencing and seeing than who He is. This is not an exhaustive list. What might you add? – Pastor Trudy Stoffel
