and ordered them not to make him known.
This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is raised from the dead.”
And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.”
And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, “See that no one knows it.”
Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea
And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
