12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
12 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.
12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
12 But Jesus would have none of it. He shut them up, forbidding them to identify him in public.
12 But He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.
12 But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 3:12
Commentary on Mark 3:6-12
(Read Mark 3:6-12)
All our sicknesses and calamities spring from the anger of God against our sins. Their removal, or the making them blessings to us, was purchased to us by the blood of Christ. But the plagues and diseases of our souls, of our hearts, are chiefly to be dreaded; and He can heal them also by a word. May more and more press to Christ to be healed of these plagues, and to be delivered from the enemies of their souls.