Mark 7:36

Tell no man. As Jesus had so often commanded those for whom unusual miracles of healing were performed (see Matt. 8:4; 9:30; 12:16; cf. 17:9; Mark 5:43; etc.; see on Mark 1:44). In this predominantly Gentile region His chief reason for enjoining silence may have been His desire to avoid arousing the hope of the people in general that the ministry of which they had, by now, heard so much, was to be repeated here in a large way. The heathen, in general at least, were unprepared to understand and appreciate the true nature of His message, but where He did find Gentiles who gave evidence of great faith Jesus seems to have honored that faith.

So much the more. The double comparative points to the deepest possible impression on the minds of the throng. How impossible it must have been for them to keep silent about the greatest happenings ever known in the history of Israel! How overwhelming the evidence of Christ’s divinity!