Matthew 16:20
Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 8:4and Jesus said to him, "Be careful to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses appointed as evidence for them."
Mark 8:30And He strictly forbad them to tell this about Him to any one.
Luke 9:21And Jesus strictly forbad them to tell this to any one;
John 1:41He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" --that is to say, the Anointed One.
John 20:31But these have been recorded in order that you may believe that He is the Christ, the Son of God, and that, through believing, you may have Life through His name.
1 John 2:22Who is a liar compared with him who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son is the anti-Christ.
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 →