Matthew 12:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and charged them that they should not make him known:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Matt 8:4 : 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Matt 9:30 : 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
Matt 17:9 : 9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen from the dead.
Mark 7:36 : 36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it.
Luke 5:14-15 : 14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go thy way, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 15 But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Mark 3:12
92%
12And he {G4183} charged them much that they should not make him known.
Mark 8:30
87%
30And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Matt 16:20
86%
20Then charged he the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ.
Luke 9:21
82%
21But he charged them, and commanded [them] to tell this to no man;
Mark 7:36
81%
36And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it.
Mark 9:30
79%
30And they went forth from thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
Matt 9:30-31
2 verses
79%
30And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
31But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
Mark 9:9
78%
9And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead.
Matt 12:17
77%
17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
Matt 12:15
77%
15And Jesus perceiving [it] withdrew from thence: and many followed him; and he healed them all,
Luke 8:56
76%
56And her parents were amazed: but he charged them to tell no man what had been done.
Mark 5:43
75%
43And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that [something] should be given her to eat.
Matt 17:9
75%
9And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen from the dead.
Luke 9:36
75%
36And when the voice came, Jesus was found alone. And they held their peace, and told no man in those days any of the things which they had seen.
Mark 8:26
74%
26And he sent him away to his home, saying, Do not even enter into the village.
Luke 24:16
74%
16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
Luke 5:14-15
2 verses
74%
14And he charged him to tell no man: but go thy way, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
15But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.
Mark 1:43-45
3 verses
73%
43And he strictly charged him, and straightway sent him out,
44and saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
45But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
Mark 1:34
73%
34And he healed many that were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him.
John 12:40-42
3 verses
73%
40He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; {G2443} Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
41These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him.
42Nevertheless even of the rulers {G2532} many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
Acts 4:17-18
2 verses
73%
17But that it spread no further {G1909} among the people, let us {G547} threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Matt 8:4
73%
4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Mark 7:24
73%
24And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be hid.
Mark 4:12
72%
12that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
Mark 5:37
72%
37And he suffered no man to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
John 11:57
72%
57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.
John 12:37
71%
37But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him:
Luke 4:42
71%
42And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.
Luke 9:45
71%
45But they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
Mark 9:32
71%
32But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
John 5:12-13
2 verses
71%
12{G3767} They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up [thy] [bed], and walk?
13But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place.
Matt 8:18
71%
18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
John 12:16
71%
16These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
Mark 12:12
71%
12And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.
Matt 13:34
70%
34All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
Matt 13:14
70%
14And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
Mark 8:15
70%
15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
Mark 3:7
70%
7And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed; {G846} and from Judaea,
Luke 18:34
70%
34And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said.
Luke 12:2
70%
2But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
John 8:20
70%
20These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.
Mark 5:19
70%
19And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house {G4675} unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and [how] he had mercy on thee.