Mattheüs 12:16

16 En Hij gebood hun scherpelijk, dat zij Hem niet openbaar maken zouden;

Mattheüs 12:16 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 12:16

And charged them that they should not make him known.
] This charge was given, either to the multitude that followed him, and were healed by him, that when they returned to the respective places from whence they came, they would not make it known to his enemies where he was, and what he had done to them; being neither desirous of popular applause and glory, nor willing to provoke them more, nor to fall into their hands as yet; or else, as Mark seems to intimate, to the unclean spirits, that they would not declare who he was, the Son of God, they confessed him to be: and very likely it was given to both, and that they should neither tell where he was, nor who he was; and this charge was a very severe one; for the word signifies a charge with threatenings, should they not observe his orders.

Mattheüs 12:16 In-Context

14 En de Farizeen, uitgegaan zijnde, hielden te zamen raad tegen Hem, hoe zij Hem doden mochten.

15 Maar Jezus, dat wetende, vertrok van daar, en vele scharen volgden Hem, en Hij genas ze allen.

16 En Hij gebood hun scherpelijk, dat zij Hem niet openbaar maken zouden;

17 Opdat vervuld zou worden, hetgeen gesproken is door Jesaja, den profeet, zeggende:

18 Ziet, Mijn Knecht, Welken Ik verkoren heb, Mijn Beminde, in Welken Mijn ziel een welbehagen heeft; Ik zal Mijn Geest op Hem leggen, en Hij zal het oordeel den heidenen verkondigen.