Matthew 16:20
Then he charged his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 8:4And Jesus said to him: See that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
Mark 8:30And he charged them to tell no one concerning him.
Luke 9:21And he strictly charged them and commanded them to tell this to no one,
John 1:41One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
John 20:31but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life through his name.
1 John 2:22Who is a liar, but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:14-21
Christ's Conference with His Disciples. 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood… Read the whole commentary →