{So much the more a great deal they published it} (autoi
m(836c)lon perissoteron ek(8872)usson). Imperfect tense, continued
action. Double comparative as occurs elsewhere for emphasis as in
 Php 1:23  "much more better" (poll(9369) m(836c)lon kreisson). See
Robertson's _Grammar_, pp. 663f. Human nature is a peculiar
thing. The command not to tell provoked these people to tell just
as the leper had done ( Mr 1:44f. ). The more Jesus commanded
(hoson autois diestelleto) them not to tell the more they told.
It was a continuous performance. Prohibitions always affect some
people that way, especially superficial and light-headed folks.
But we have to have prohibitions or anarchy.