Mark 8:26
And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
Cross-references
Mark 8:30 extends the secrecy command to the disciples' confession of Jesus as Messiah, reinforcing the pattern of silence.
In Mark 5:43, Jesus also commands silence after raising Jairus's daughter—both show His consistent pattern of avoiding publicity after miracles.
Mark 7:36 has Jesus ordering silence after healing a deaf man—the same 'messianic secret' motif is applied here to the blind man.
Matthew 8:4 has Jesus similarly commanding a healed leper to tell no one, reinforcing the secrecy pattern after miracles.
Matthew 9:30 parallels this with a stern warning to two blind men to keep their healing quiet, matching the same command.
Matthew 12:16 generalizes the command: Jesus orders those he healed not to make him known, echoing the same secrecy motif.