Mark 3:12
and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
In Context
13And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him;
Cross References
Matthew 12:16and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,
Mark 1:34and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him.
Matthew Henry on Mark 3:2-13
The Withered Hand Restored; Multitudes Healed. 1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being… Read the whole commentary →