Mark 3:12

Mark 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was.

Context of Mark 3:12

10For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. 11Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him. 13Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach

Mark 3:12 word by word

καὶ πολλὰ ἐπετίμα αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ αὐτὸν φανερὸν ποιήσωσιν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• heἐπιτιμάωepitimaō · to rebukeG2008
• straitlyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• they shouldφανερόςphaneros · clearG5318
• notμήmē · notG3361
• makeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160

Cross-references for Mark 3:12

• Mark 1:25“Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!”
• Matthew 12:16He warned them not to tell others about him.
• Acts 16:18She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.

Commentaries on Mark 3:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12The unclean spirits knew who Jesus was (1:34; see also 1:22; 5:7). But Jesus did not want people to know his identity.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 3:12

• Jesus, the Christ
• Prudence

In the dictionaries

• Blaspheme
• Ordain
• Surname
• Thunder
• Virtue
• Whole
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Strait; Straiten; Straitly
• the twelve, the eleven

Commentaries on Mark 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings