Luke 9:21
in Luke 9Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.
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ASV
But he charged them, and commanded them to tell this to no man;
KJV
And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
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This verse in Luke 9
Commentary
11 notes on this verseThe Lord Jesus Christ was at first unwilling to be extolled, lest any murmuring arise. He rebuked his disciples, lest they say this to anyone, because the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. Perhaps he added this because the Lord knew that even the disciples would believe with difficulty in his passion and resurrection.
This site's exposition
Jesus strictly warned them
on Luke 9:21-22
In the same breath Jesus says the Son of Man must suffer many things, be killed and on the third day be raised. This first of three passion predictions in Luke joins the true title at once to its meaning, suffering before glory.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
This conclusion He even Himself confirms by thus far bearing with it, nay, even enjoining silence respecting it. For if Peter was unable to acknowledge Him to be any other than the Creator's Christ, while He commanded them "to tell no man that saying," surely He was unwilling to have the conclusion promulged which Peter had drawn.
But our Lord Jesus Christ was at first unwilling to be preached, lest an uproar should arise; as it follows, And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man any thing. For many reasons He commands His disciples to be silent; to deceive the prince of this world, to reject boasting, to teach humility. Christ then would not boast and dost thou boast who art of ignoble birth? Likewise He did it to prevent rude and as yet imperfect disciples from being oppressed with the wonder of this awful announcement. They are then forbid to preach Him as the Son of God, that they might afterwards preach Him crucified. Perhaps because the Lord knew that the disciples would believe even the difficult mystery of the Passion and Resurrection, He wished to be Himself the proclaimer of His own Passion and Resurrection.
When the disciple Peter had professed his faith, Jesus charged them, it says, and commanded them to tell it to no one. "For the Son of man," he said, "is about to suffer many things, and be rejected, and killed, and the third day he shall rise again." Wasn't it the duty of disciples to proclaim him everywhere? This was the very business of those appointed by him to the apostleship. But, as the sacred Scripture says, "There is a time for everything." There were things yet unfulfilled which must also be included in their preaching about him. They must also proclaim the cross, the passion, and the death in the flesh. They must preach the resurrection of the dead, that great and truly glorious sign by which testimony is borne him that the Emmanuel is truly God and by nature the Son of God the Father. He utterly abolished death and wiped out destruction. He robbed hell, and overthrew the tyranny of the enemy. He took away the sin of the world, opened the gates above to the dwellers upon earth, and united earth to heaven. These things proved him to be, as I said, in truth God. He commanded them, therefore, to guard the mystery by a seasonable silence until the whole plan of the dispensation should arrive at a suitable conclusion.
It was the duty then of the disciples to preach Him throughout the world. For this was the work of those who were chosen by Him to the office of the Apostleship. But as holy Scripture bears witness, There is a time for every thing. For it was fitting that the cross and resurrection should be accomplished, and then should follow the preaching of the Apostles; as it is spoken, saying, The Son of man must needs suffer many things.
The Medieval Church1 voice
But fourthly, with respect to the knowledge of the mystery of redemption, it is added: But he, rebuking them, commanded that they tell this to no one: and this because the mystery of redemption was not yet consummated, which by the just judgment of God …
4 more voices on this verse
The Medieval Church1 voice
But He, rebuking them, commanded that they should not tell anyone about this, saying; because it is necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things, and so on. Therefore, He did not want to be preached before the passion and resurrection, so that, …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he strictly charged them, and commanded them,.... Though he highly approved of this their confession, and pronounced Peter blessed upon it; and signified that it was a discovery which flesh and blood could not make, but what was made to him his Father: yet he gave them a strict charge, and laid his commands on them, to tell no man that thing; that he was the Messiah, and the eternal Son of God, and the true God, as well as the son of man, and really man: the reasons for this: See Gill on Mat 16:20.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
proposed
Let us notice in this passage — the variety of opinions about our Lord Jesus Christ, which prevailed during His earthly ministry. We are told that some said that He was John the Baptist — some that He was Elijah — and some that one of the old prophets had risen again. One common remark applies to all these opinions. All were agreed that our Lord's doctrine was not like that of the Scribes and Pharisees. All saw in Him, a bold witness against the evil that was in the world.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
proposed
Let us notice in this passage — the variety of opinions about our Lord Jesus Christ, which prevailed during His earthly ministry. We are told that some said that He was John the Baptist — some that He was Elijah — and some that one of the old prophets had risen again. One common remark applies to all these opinions. All were agreed that our Lord's doctrine was not like that of the Scribes and Pharisees. All saw in Him, a bold witness against the evil that was in the world. Let it never surprise us, to find the same variety of opinions about Christ and His Gospel in our own times. God's truth disturbs the spiritual laziness of men. It obliges them to think. It makes them begin to talk, and reason, and speculate, and invent theories to account for its spread in some quarters, and its rejection in others. Thousands in every age of the Church spend their lives in this way, and never come to the point of drawing near to God. They satisfy themselves with a miserable round of gossip about this preacher's sermons — or that writer's opinions. They think "this man goes too far," and "that man does not go far enough." Some doctrines they approve, and others they disapprove. Some teachers they call "sound" — and others they call "unsound." They cannot quite make up their own minds what is true — or what is right. Year rolls on after year, and finds them in the same state — talking, criticizing, fault-finding, speculating — but never getting any further. They are hovering like the moth around religion — but never settling down like the bee , to feed on its treasures. They never boldly lay hold of Christ. They never set themselves heartily to the great business of serving God. They never take up the cross and become thorough Christians. And at last, after all their talking — they die in their sins, unprepared to meet God.
The words behind it
8 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δὲ | de | And | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| ἐπιτιμήσας | epitimesas | having strictly warned | G2008 → | 29 times |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| παρήγγειλεν | parengeilen | He instructed [them] | G3853 → | 31 times |
| μηδενὶ | medeni | to no one | G3367 → | 90 times |
| λέγειν | legein | to tell | G3004 → | 1325 times |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → | 1381 times |
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
δὲAnd
deG1161 →2765 times
ἐπιτιμήσαςhaving strictly warned
epitimesasG2008 →29 times
αὐτοῖςto them
autoisG846 →5565 times
παρήγγειλενHe instructed [them]
parengeilenG3853 →31 times
μηδενὶto no one
medeniG3367 →90 times
λέγεινto tell
legeinG3004 →1325 times
τοῦτοthis
toutoG3778 →1381 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 16:20Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.
it leads to
- Mark 8:30
And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 17:9
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
- John 1:41
He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
- Luke 9:36
After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was present with them. The disciples kept this to themselves, and in those days they did not tell anyone what they had seen.
- Matthew 8:4
Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
- Mark 8:30
Through
Matthew 17:9As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
it leads to
- Luke 24:46–47
And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
- Matthew 16:20–21
Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.
- Matthew 17:23
They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
- Luke 24:46–47
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This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, Commentary on Luke; Ambrose of Milan, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Bede, On the Gospel of Luke; Bonaventure, Commentary on Luke, Chapter 9; Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 49; Cyril of Alexandria, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Tertullian, Against Marcion Book IV.