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Selected Verse: Matthew 12:16 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Mt 12:16	Strong Concordance	And [2532] charged [2008] them [846] that [3363] they should [4160] not [3363] make [4160] him [846] known [5318]:
	King James	And charged them that they should not make him known:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And charged them--the healed. that they should not make him known--(See on Mat 8:4).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

And charged them--the healed.

that they should not make him known--(See on Mat 8:4).

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Charged them that they should not make him known - See Mat 8:4. Jesus Christ, as God, could have easily concealed himself, but he chooses to do it as man, and to use no other than human means, as these were quite sufficient for the purpose, to teach us not to neglect them in our necessity. Indeed, he always used his power less on his own account, than on that of men.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Charged them that they should not make him known - See Mat 8:4. Jesus Christ, as God, could have easily concealed himself, but he chooses to do it as man, and to use no other than human means, as these were quite sufficient for the purpose, to teach us not to neglect them in our necessity. Indeed, he always used his power less on his own account, than on that of men.

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