The miracle wouldn’t have happened…
“Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, ‘Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.’ And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.”
– Luke 13:10-13 NKJV
There are worse things than dying. “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” – Revelation 2:10 (NKJV)
[2.Timothy 4:11, N.E.B] Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for I find him a useful assistant.
Fear is never the best motivator. “But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’” – Luke 12:20 NKJV
[Matthew 13:44] “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like…”
Less damage that way… “He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.” – Proverbs 18:13 (NKJV)
Don’t get stuck. “[They] brought them to the magistrates, saying, ‘These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, and teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.’” – Acts 16:20-21 (KJV)