Matthew 16:20
Then he instructed his disciples that they should tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 to it that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses instructed, as a testimony for them.”
Mark 8:30And he admonished them, not to tell anyone about him.
Luke 9:21But speaking sharply to them, he instructed them not to tell this to anyone,
John 1:41First, he found his brother Simon, and he said to him, “We have found the Messiah,” (which is translated as the Christ).
John 20:31But these things have been written, so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, in believing, you may have life in his name.
1 John 2:22Who is a liar, other than he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the 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 →