Mark - 3:12



12 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 3:12.

Differing Translations

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And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
And he charged them much that they should not make him known.
Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known.
And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.
and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.
And he straightly charged them that they should not make him known.
But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.
And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.
"You are the Son of God." And he strongly admonished them, lest they make him known.
But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he straitly charged them,.... Or vehemently rebuked them, as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it; or threatened them much and vehemently, as the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic. The Persic version renders it, "threatened many"; both the devils that confessed him, and the many that were healed of their diseases: he gave them a strict and severe charge,
that they should not make him known; or "his work", as the Arabic, his miracles: he sought not vain glory and popular applause, nor did he need the testimony of men or devils; and especially did not choose the latter, lest his enemies should traduce him, as having familiarity with them, as they did.

He charged them not to make him known - It was not the time: nor were they fit preachers.

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