Matthew 16:20

Then he charged his disciples yt they shulde tell no man yt he was Iesus Christ.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

In Context

19And I wyll geve vnto the the keyes of the kyngdom of heven: and whatsoever thou byndest vpon erth shall be bounde in heven: and whatsoever thou lowsest on erthe shalbe lowsed in heven.

21From yt tyme forth Iesus began to shewe vnto his disciples how yt he must go vnto Ierusalem and suffer many thinges of ye Elders and of ye hye prestes and of the scribes and must be killed and ryse agayne ye thirde daye.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:4And Iesus sayde vnto him. Se thou tell no man but go and shewe thy selfe to the preste and offer the gyfte that Moses comaunded in witnes to them.

Mark 8:30And he charged them that they shuld tell no man of it.

Luke 9:21And he warned and commaunded them that they shuld tell no man yt thinge

John 1:41The same founde his brother Simon fyrst and sayde vnto him: we have founde Messias which is by interpretacion annoynted:

John 20:31These are written that ye myght beleve that Iesus is Christ the sonne of God and that in belevynge ye myght have lyfe thorowe his name.

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 →

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