Mark 3:12

Modern

But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.

Traditional

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

Literal

And He was warning them much that they should not make Him known.

Latin

Tu es Filius Dei. Et vehementer comminabatur eis ne manifestarent illum.

Greek

English

But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.

The unclean spirits knew who Jesus was (1:34; see also 1:22; 5:7). But Jesus did not want people to know his identity.

Jesus went to the lake (the Sea of Galilee), which prepares for the events in 4:1–5:43. The large crowd that came to see John the Baptist (1:7) was smaller than the crowd that came to see Jesus.
Idumea was a region in southern Judea, settled by the Edomites after the exile in Babylon.
Tyre and Sidon were Phoenician cities on the Mediterranean coast that Jesus later visited (7:24, 31).

Theme notes and profiles

Matthew 12:16
…warning them not to make Him known.
Mark 1:25
But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”
Mark 1:34
And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
Matthew 8:4
Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
Acts 16:18
She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.