Matthäus 12:16

16 Und er bedrohte sie, daß sie ihn nicht offenbar machten;

Matthäus 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.

Matthäus 12:16 In-Context

14 Die Pharisäer aber gingen hinaus und hielten Rat wider ihn, wie sie ihn umbrächten.

15 Als aber Jesus es erkannte, entwich er von dannen; und es folgten ihm große Volksmengen, und er heilte sie alle.

16 Und er bedrohte sie, daß sie ihn nicht offenbar machten;

17 damit erfüllt würde, was durch den Propheten Jesaias geredet ist, welcher spricht:

18 Siehe, mein Knecht, den ich erwählt habe, mein Geliebter, an welchem meine Seele Wohlgefallen gefunden hat; ich werde meinen Geist auf ihn legen, und er wird den Nationen Gericht ankündigen.