Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 5:42-43

"And straightway the damsel rose up, and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were amazed straightway with a great amazement. And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that [something] should be given her to eat." — Mark 5:42-43 (ASV)

For she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. And he charged them strictly that no man should know it;

He did not want to blaze abroad the story of these wondrous deeds of his. The crowd was already inconveniently large, so that he charged them strictly that no man should know it;