But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,

Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff – no bread, no bag, no money in their belts –

While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him, “Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”