MAT 12:16 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST Jesus commanded them strongly that they should not tell other people about him.

AICNT and he admonished them not to make him known,

OEB but he warned them not to make him known,

WEBBE and commanded them that they should not make him known,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But he sternly warned them not to make him known.

LSV and charged them that they might not make Him apparent,

FBV but instructed them not to tell people who he was.

TCNT and warned them not to make him known.

T4T But he told them firmly that they should not tell other people yet who he was.

LEB And he warned them that they should not _⌊reveal his identity_⌋,[fn]

12:16 Literally “make him known”

BBE Ordering them not to give people word of him:

Moff charging them strictly not to make him known —

Wymth But He gave them strict injunctions not to blaze abroad His doings,

ASV and charged them that they should not make him known:

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

YLT and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,

Drby and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:

RV and charged them that they should not make him known:

SLT And he rebuked them that they should not make him known:

Wbstr And charged them that they should not make him known:

KJB-1769 And charged them that they should not make him known:

KJB-1611 And charged them that they should not make him knowen:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And charged them that they shoulde not make him knowen:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Gnva And charged them in threatning wise, that they should not make him knowen,
(And charged them in threatening wise, that they should not make him known, )

Cvdl and charged them, yt they shulde not make him knowne:
(and charged them, it they should not make him known:)

TNT and charged the that they shuld not make him knowe:
(and charged the that they should not make him know: )

Wycl And he comaundide to hem, that thei schulden not make hym knowun;
(And he commanded to hem, that they should not make him known;)

Luth und bedräuete sie, daß sie ihn nicht meldeten,
(and threatened they/she/them, that they/she/them him/it not report(v)ten,)

ClVg et præcepit eis ne manifestum eum facerent.[fn]
(and ordered to_them not obvious him they_would_do. )

12.16 Et præcepit. Non timore, ne proditus occideretur, sed parcendo Judæis, ne invidia trucidarentur in ejus innocentia et mansuetudine. Hic mystice nos instruit, ne cum aliquid magnifacimus, laudem foris quæramus.

12.16 And ordered. Not/No with_fear, not proditus to_killtur, but parcendo To_the_Jews, not envy trucidarentur in/into/on his innocentia and gentleness. Here/This mystically us instructs, not when/with something magnifacimus, praise outside let_us_seek.

UGNT καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ φανερὸν αὐτὸν ποιήσωσιν.
(kai epetimaʸsen autois hina maʸ faneron auton poiaʸsōsin.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ φανερὸν αὐτὸν ποιήσωσιν,
(kai epetimaʸsen autois hina maʸ faneron auton poiaʸsōsin,)

RP-GNT καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς, ἵνα μὴ φανερὸν αὐτὸν ποιήσωσιν·
(kai epetimaʸsen autois, hina maʸ faneron auton poiaʸsōsin;)

TC-GNT καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς, ἵνα μὴ φανερὸν [fn]αὐτὸν ποιήσωσιν·
(kai epetimaʸsen autois, hina maʸ faneron auton poiaʸsōsin; )

12:16 αυτον ποιησωσιν ¦ ποιησωσιν αυτον ANT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 12:15–21: Jesus is the Servant whom God chose

About seven hundred years before Jesus was born, God told the prophet Isaiah that the Christ would be kind and gentle and would announce God’s way of saving people and making them righteous (Isaiah 42:1–4). And Jesus fulfilled that prophecy (12:17–21).

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

God’s Chosen Servant (NIV)

Jesus Is God’s Chosen Servant (NCV)

Jesus fulfilled what the prophet Isaiah had said

12:16

warning them not to make Him known.

He warned them not to tell others about him.
But he commanded them not to tell others the things that he had done.
He told them, “Do not tell anyone about me!”

warning them: The pronoun them probably refers to the people whom Jesus healed. It does not refer to everyone who followed him. In 8:4a and 9:30b, Jesus also commanded people whom he healed not to tell anyone what had happened.

not to make Him known: This phrase refers:

generally to spreading the news of his activities. Jesus did not want the people whom he healed to talk about his miracles and so make him famous. He did not want to encourage the Pharisees to try to kill him before it was time.
specifically to spreading the news of his identity. The Jews were expecting a Messiah who would deliver them from Rome. They did not yet understand what type of Messiah he really was. Jesus did not want them to spread false information.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

not to tell others about him (GNT)

not to tell anyone what he had done

not to tell who he was (NIV)

In some languages, it may be natural to translate this phrase as direct speech. For example:

“Do not tell anyone about me!”

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ φανερὸν αὐτὸν ποιήσωσιν

˱to˲_them that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα μή φανερόν αὐτόν ποιήσωσιν)

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: [them, “Do not make me known,“]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ & ποιήσωσιν

˱to˲_them that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα μή φανερόν αὐτόν ποιήσωσιν)

The pronoun them could refer to: (1) all the people who were following Jesus. Alternate translation: [all of them so that they might not make] (2) just the people whom he healed. Alternate translation: [those he had healed so that they might not make]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μὴ φανερὸν αὐτὸν ποιήσωσιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα μή φανερόν αὐτόν ποιήσωσιν)

The phrase make him known refers to telling many people about him. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [they might not talk about him with many other people] or [they might not speak about him with everyone]

Parallel MAT 12:16

Section 12:15–21: Jesus is the Servant whom God chose

12:16