20Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
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And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-20)We have here a private conference which Christ had with his disciples concerning himself. It was in the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, the utmost borders of the land of Canaan northward; there in that remote corner, perhaps, there was less flocking after him than in other places, which gave him leisure for this private conversation with his disciples. Note, When ministers are abridged in their public…
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