and he ordered them not to make him known.
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
Then Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly ordered them, “See that no one knows of this.”
Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him;
Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.