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Can Jesus Be Hid?Mark 7:24 - “And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.”There were junctures in our Lord’s ministry in which He sought to conceal what He did and who He was. During this period, after Jesus healed or performed a miracle He would request, “tell no man”. Once He requested to His disciples, after He was transfigured before them (Mark 9), that “they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man be risen from the dead”.But how does one hide Jesus? Can He be hidden? In our verse Jesus had traveled within the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He went “into a house, and would have no man know it”. Then we read, “but He could not be hid”.A Gentile woman very humbly comes unto Jesus to secure healing for her daughter. How did she find out who Jesus was? As far as we know this was the first time Jesus had come to Tyre and Sidon. Somebody had to know and somebody had to tell it! Back in Mark 3:8 we may find part of the answer.Mark 3:8 - “And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.”This verse indicates that sometime back there was a great multitude from different parts that “came unto Him” and heard Jesus. There was some from Tyre and Sidon in the multitude. No doubt someone from Tyre and Sidon heard and believed, and went back to Tyre and Sidon and told this woman about Jesus. Then when she heard Christ had come to her town, her faith in Christ brought her unto Him for the healing of her daughter.Can one hide their faith in Jesus? Can His person and presence in our heart be hid?I think I should also ask, why would we even attempt to hide Him when we know that He is the hope that all the world needs.