Luke 8:56 Meaning and Explanation

Her parents are astonished, and He charges them to tell no one what was done.

The silence He asks is the opposite of His charge to the man across the lake, who was sent to publish what God had done. There a departing Jesus left one witness behind; here, in Galilee, swelling crowds and premature acclaim could press upon His true work before its hour. He governs the telling as well as the doing. The chapter closes with death undone, a family at table, and the question of the storm, what manner of man is this, gathering its answer.