<p>2:11 <em>I say to you Arise, pick up your bed and go to your house</em>- The same word is used for taking up the cross (Mt. 16:24), and the Greek for &quot;bed&quot; is also translated a table or couch. He was to pick up a piece of wood and go his way. He was given a simple task of obedience immediately after meeting with Jesus, and we can see that pattern repeated in how the Lord works with people today.</p><p>The Lord was sensitive to the situation of those He healed or converted. Just as He commanded the resurrected girl to be given something to eat, so He realized the pressure that would be on the healed man- and so He told him to go home immediately and thus avoid the limelight.</p>