Marcos 3:12

12 Pero él les ordenó terminantemente que no dijeran quién era él.

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 pues como había sanado a muchos, todos los que sufrían dolencias se abalanzaban sobre él para tocarlo.

11 Además, los espíritus malignos, al verlo, se postraban ante él, gritando: «¡Tú eres el Hijo de Dios!»

12 Pero él les ordenó terminantemente que no dijeran quién era él.

13 Subió Jesús a una montaña y llamó a los que quiso, los cuales se reunieron con él.

14 Designó a doce, a quienes nombró apóstoles, para que lo acompañaran y para enviarlos a predicar