Marcos 3:12

12 Mas él les reñía mucho que no le manifestasen.

Marcos 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:12

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.

Marcos 3:12 In-Context

10 Porque había sanado á muchos; de manera que caían sobre él cuantos tenían plagas, por tocarle.

11 Y los espíritus inmundos, al verle, se postraban delante de él, y daban voces, diciendo: Tú eres el Hijo de Dios.

12 Mas él les reñía mucho que no le manifestasen.

13 Y subió al monte, y llamó á sí á los que él quiso; y vinieron á él.

14 Y estableció doce, para que estuviesen con él, y para enviarlos á predicar.