20 [a]Then he charged his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was Jesus that Christ.

21 [b]From that time forth Jesus began to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the [c]Elders, and of the high Priests, and Scribes, and be slain and be raised again the third day.

22 Then Peter [d]took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, Master, pity thyself: this shall not be unto thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:20 Men must first learn and then teach.
  2. Matthew 16:21 The minds of men are in time to be prepared and made ready against the stumbling block of persecution.
  3. Matthew 16:21 It was a name of dignity and not of age, and it is put for them, which were the Judges, which the Hebrews called Sanhedrin.
  4. Matthew 16:22 Took him by the hand and led him aside, as they used to do, which meant to talk familiarly with one.

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