Marco 3:12

12 Ma egli li sgridava forte acciocchè nol manifestassero.

Marco 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.

Marco 3:12 In-Context

10 Perciocchè egli ne avea guariti molti; talchè tutti coloro che aveano qualche flagello si avventavano a lui, per toccarlo.

11 E gli spiriti immondi, quando lo vedevano, si gettavano davanti a lui, e gridavano, dicendo: Tu sei il Figliuol di Dio.

12 Ma egli li sgridava forte acciocchè nol manifestassero.

13 POI egli montò in sul monte, e chiamò a sè coloro ch’egli volle; ed essi andarono a lui.

14 Ed egli ne ordinò dodici, per esser con lui, e per mandarli a predicare;