12But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was.


In Context

9 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.

10 For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.

11 Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

12 But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was.

13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.

14 He appointed twelve--designating them apostles --that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach

Mark 3:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And he charged them much that they should not make him known.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And he charged them much that they should not make him known.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12And he strictly charged them, that they should not make him known.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And he straightly charged them that they should not make him known.