Matthew 16:21
And from this time Jesus began to show to His disciples, that it behooves Him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders and the chief priest and the scribes, and to be killed, and rise the third day.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He is the Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 16:28Truly I say unto you, There are some of those standing here, who may not taste of death, until they may see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.
Matthew 17:22And they sojourning in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.
Matthew 20:28as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.
Matthew 26:47And He still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Matthew 27:63Lord, we remember that that deceiver, while yet living, said, After three days I will rise.
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 →