Mark 8:30

And he charged them, that they should say this of him to no person.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29Jesus said to them: And who, do ye yourselves say of me, that I am? Simon replied, and said to him: Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

31And he began to teach them, that the Son of man was about to suffer much, and be rejected by the Elders and by the chief priests and by the Scribes, and be killed, and rise on the third day.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:20Then he enjoined on his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was the Messiah.

Mark 8:26And he sent him to his house, and said to him: Neither enter into the village, nor tell any person in the village.

Luke 9:21And he chided them, and charged them, that they should 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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