Marcos 3:12

12 E ele lhes advertia com insistência que não o dessem a conhecer.

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 tinha curado a muitos, de modo que todos quantos tinham algum mal arrojavam-se a ele para lhe tocarem.

11 E os espíritos imundos, quando o viam, prostravam-se diante dele e clamavam, dizendo: Tu és o Filho de Deus.

12 E ele lhes advertia com insistência que não o dessem a conhecer.

13 Depois subiu ao monte, e chamou a si os que ele mesmo queria; e vieram a ele.

14 Então designou doze para que estivessem com ele, e os mandasse a pregar;