Christ. He forbade the demons
He had cast out of those possessed to
confess that He was the
Christ (Luke 4:41). And when Peter—in reply to
Jesus’ direct question
“Who do you say that I am?”—responded that He
was the Messiah, Jesus
strictly commanded the disciples to tell no one
that He was the Christ (Matthew
16:15-16, 20).
He answered the question
of the imprisoned John the Baptist (“Are
You the Coming One, or do
we look for another?”) by directing him
to the proofs of His
messianic claims—His teachings and His works
(Matthew 11:2-6).
