Mark 3:12

12 But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.

Mark 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.

Mark 3:12 In-Context

10 For He had cured many of the people, so that all who had any ailments pressed upon Him, to touch Him.

11 And the foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out: "You are the Son of God."

12 But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.

13 Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, and they came to Him.

14 He appointed twelve of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,