Matthew 16:20 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:20

Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

When then above He sends His disciples to preach, and commands them to proclaim His advent, this seems contrary to His command here, that they should not say that He is Jesus the Christ. To me it seems that it is one thing to preach Christ, and another to preach Jesus the Christ. Christ is a common title of dignity, Jesus the proper name of the Saviour.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Then charged he his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. Jesus himself had not said it expressly even to his apostles, but left them to infer it from his doctrine and miracles. Neither was it proper the apostles should say this openly, before that grand proof of it, his resurrection.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Then charged he his disciples - ΔιεϚειλατο, he strictly charged them. Some very good MSS. have επετιμησεν, he severely charged - comminatus est, - he threatened. These are the readings of the Cod. Bezae, both in the Greek and Latin. The Christ - The common text has Jesus the Christ; but the word Jesus is omitted by fifty-four MSS., some of which are not only of the greatest authority, but also of the greatest antiquity. It is omitted also by the Syriac, later Persic, later Arabic, Slavonic, six copies of the Itala, and several of the fathers.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1856)

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
διεστείλατο	diesteilato	he ordered	G1291 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
μαθηταῖς	mathētais	disciples	G3101 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
μηδενὶ	mēdeni	to no one	G3367 →
εἴπωσιν	eipōsin	they may say	G2036 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
αὐτός	autos	He himself	G846 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
χριστός.¶	christos	Christ.	G5547 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- 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.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
John 1:41
He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
leads to
- John 4:25
  The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
- John 1:45
  Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- Isaiah 2:3–5
  And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that…
- Acts 13:32–33
  And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
Through
Mark 8:30
And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.
leads to
- Luke 9:21
  Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.
- Mark 9:9
  As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Through
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.”
leads to
- Mark 8:30
  And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.