John Trapp on Matthew 16:20

Verse 20. That they should tell no man] viz. Till the due time. Every thing is beautifull in its season, saith Solomon. Taciturnity inEccles. 3. some cases is a vertue, as here. The Disciples might preach that Christ the Son of David was come to save the world: though they might not particularly point himout, as the Son of the living God: which when Pilate himself heard, he was afraid, saith the text, and sought to deliver him.