Matthew 12:16

¹⁶ He warned them not to tell others about him.

< Matthew 11

Matthew 12

Matthew 13 >

Other Translations of Matthew 12:16

King James Version

¹⁶ And charged them that they should not make him known:

English Standard Version

¹⁶ and ordered them not to make him known.

The Message

¹⁶ . He also cautioned them to keep it quiet,

New King James Version

¹⁶ Yet He warned them not to make Him known,

New Living Translation

¹⁶ but he warned them not to reveal who he was.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 12:16

Commentary on Matthew 12:14-21

(Read Matthew 12:14-21)

The Pharisees took counsel to find some accusation, that Jesus might be condemned to death. Aware of their design, as his time was not come, he retired from that place. Face does not more exactly answer to face in water, than the character of Christ drawn by the prophet, to his temper and conduct as described by the evangelists. Let us with cheerful confidence commit our souls to so kind and faithful a Friend. Far from breaking, he will strengthen the bruised reed; far from quenching the smoking flax, or wick nearly out, he will rather blow it up into a flame. Let us lay aside contentious and angry debates; let us receive one another as Christ receives us. And while encouraged by the gracious kindness of our Lord, we should pray that his Spirit may rest upon us, and make us able to copy his example.