Matthäus 12:16

16 und bedrohte sie, daß sie ihn nicht meldeten,

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 Da gingen die Pharisäer hinaus und hielten einen Rat über ihn, wie sie ihn umbrächten.

15 Aber da Jesus das erfuhr, wich er von dannen. Und ihm folgte viel Volks nach, und er heilte sie alle

16 und bedrohte sie, daß sie ihn nicht meldeten,

17 auf das erfüllet würde, was gesagt ist von dem Propheten Jesaja, der da spricht:

18 "Siehe, das ist mein Knecht, den ich erwählt habe, und mein Liebster, an dem meine Seele Wohlgefallen hat; Ich will meinen Geist auf ihn legen, und er soll den Heiden das Gericht verkünden.