Matthieu 12:16

16 Et il leur défendit fortement de le faire connaître;

Matthieu 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.

Matthieu 12:16 In-Context

14 Là-dessus, les pharisiens, étant sortis, délibérèrent entre eux comment ils le feraient périr.

15 Mais Jésus, l'ayant connu, partit de là; et une grande multitude le suivit, et il les guérit tous.

16 Et il leur défendit fortement de le faire connaître;

17 De sorte que fut accompli ce qui avait été dit par Ésaïe le prophète en ces termes:

18 Voici mon serviteur que j'ai élu, mon bien-aimé en qui mon âme a pris plaisir; je mettrai mon Esprit sur lui, et il annoncera la justice aux nations;