Matthew 16:20
Then He ordered His disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Messiah.
Family 35 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 says to him: “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a proof to them.”
Mark 8:30Then He charged them that they should tell no one about Him.
Luke 9:21But He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one,
John 1:41He first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated ‘Christ’).
John 20:31but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have Life through His Name.
1 John 2:22Who is the liar but the one denying that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, the one denying 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 →