{Strictly charged} (embrim(8873)amenos). Only in Mark.  Lu
5:14  has par(8867)geilen (commanded). Mark's word occurs also in
 14:5  and in  Mt 9:30  and  Joh 11:38 . See on 烘t 9:30|. It is
a strong word for the snorting of a horse and expresses powerful
emotion as Jesus stood here face to face with leprosy, itself a
symbol of sin and all its train of evils. The command to report
to the priests was in accord with the Mosaic regulations and the
prohibition against talking about it was to allay excitement and
to avoid needless opposition to Christ.