IVP New Testament Commentary Series – Jesus Avoids Publicity, but Word Spreads Anyway (9:30-33)
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Jesus Avoids Publicity, but Word Spreads Anyway (9:30-33)

In regard to the messianic secret, see comment on 8:1-4. Despite Jesus' attempt to preserve some measure of the secret (9:30), perhaps to delay unnecessary hostility (v. 34), word spread and his popularity increased (vv. 31, 33).

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