Matteo 12:16

16 e ordinò loro severamente di non farlo conoscere,

Matteo 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.

Matteo 12:16 In-Context

14 Ma i Farisei, usciti, tennero consiglio contro di lui, col fine di farlo morire.

15 Ma Gesù, saputolo, si partì di là; e molti lo seguirono, ed egli li guari tutti;

16 e ordinò loro severamente di non farlo conoscere,

17 affinché si adempisse quanto era stato detto per bocca del profeta Isaia:

18 Ecco il mio Servitore che ho scelto; il mio diletto, in cui l’anima mia si è compiaciuta. Io metterò lo Spirito mio sopra lui, ed egli annunzierà giudicio alle genti.