Mark 8:30

Jesus warned them not to tell anybody about him.

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In The King James Version

And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

In Context

29“But who do you say I am?” he asked them. “You are the Messiah!” Peter answered.

31Then Jesus began to explain to them that the Son of man would suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and religious teachers. He would be killed, but three days later would rise again.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:20Then he warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Mark 8:26Jesus sent the man home, and told him, “Don't go back through the village.”

Luke 9:21Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anybody about this.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:28-38

Peter's Enlightened Testimony; Peter Rebuked. 27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cæsarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the… Read the whole commentary →

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