Mark 8:30

And He strictly charged them that they may tell no one about it,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29And He says to them, “And you—who do you say I am?” And Peter answering says to him, “You are the Christ.”

31and began to teach them that it is necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and to rise again after three days;

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Cross References

Matthew 16:20Then He charged His disciples that they may say to no one that He is Jesus the Christ.

Mark 8:26and He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither may you go into the village, nor tell [it] to any in the village.”

Luke 9:21And having charged them, He commanded [them] to say this to no one,

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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