Matthew 16:20

Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

In Context

19I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

21From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:4And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

Mark 8:30And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

Luke 9:21But he gave them special orders, not to say this to any man;

John 1:41Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

John 20:31But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.

1 John 2:22Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or 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 →

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