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Mark 3:12

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3:12But25 he sternly ordered them not to make him known.26

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  1. 25 Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
  2. 26 Jesus did not permit the demons to make him known because the time for such disclosure was not yet at hand, and such a revelation would have certainly been misunderstood by the people. In all likelihood, if the people had understood him early on to be the Son of God, or Messiah, they would have reduced his mission to one of political deliverance from Roman oppression (cf. John 6:15). Jesus wanted to avoid, as much as possible, any premature misunderstanding about who he was and what he was doing. However, at the end of his ministry, he did not deny such a title when the high priest asked him (14:61–62).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And he would strongly warn them not to make him known.

NLTNew Living Translation

But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he warned them strictly that they should not make him known.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.