Matthew 16:23 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:23

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

KJV

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 22, 23.) And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it far from you, this shall not happen to you. But he turned and said to Peter: Get behind me, Satan, you are a hindrance to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man. We have often said that Peter had great zeal and love for the Lord Savior.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Tertullian

Scorpiace (220)

And if even then a Prodicus or Valentinus stood by, suggesting that one must not confess on the earth before men, and must do so the less in truth, that God may not (seem to) thirst for blood, and Christ for a repayment of suffering, as though He besought it with the view of obtaining salvation by it for Himself also, he would have immediately heard from the servant of God what the devil had from the Lord: "Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offence unto me.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But he turned,.... Either to Peter, changing his countenance, and looking sternly upon him, or rather to the disciples; for Mark says, "when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter": Peter had took him aside, and was arguing the case privately with him; but what he said was so offensive to him, that he chose to reprove him publicly before the disciples; and therefore turned himself from him to them, in a way of resentment, and said unto Peter; in their hearing, and before them all, get thee behind me, Satan.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Get thee behind me, Satan - Υπαγε οπισω μου σατανα. Get behind me, thou adversary. This is the proper translation of the Hebrew word שטן Satan, from which the Greek word is taken. Our blessed Lord certainly never designed that men should believe he called Peter, Devil, because he, through erring affection, had wished him to avoid that death which he predicted to himself. This translation, which is literal, takes away that harshness which before appeared in our Lord’s words.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
στραφεὶς	strapheis	having turned	G4762 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Πέτρῳ·	Petrō	to Peter;	G4074 →
ὕπαγε	hupage	do go	G5217 →
ὀπίσω	opisō	behind	G3694 →
μου	mou	Me	G3165 →
σατανᾶ,	satana	Satan!	G4567 →
σκάνδαλον	skandalon	A stumbling block	G4625 →
εἶ	ei	you are	G1510 →
ἐμοῦ,	emou	to me,	G1473 →
ὅτι	hoti	For	G3754 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
φρονεῖς	phroneis	your thoughts are of	G5426 →
τὰ	ta	those	G3588 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
τὰ	ta	[of] the [things]	G3588 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπων.¶	anthrōpōn	of men.	G444 →

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
Colossians 3:2
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
leads to
- 1 John 2:15–17
  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19
  Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD…
- Colossians 3:1
  Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Romans 8:4–6
  so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- Matthew 6:19
  Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Through
Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
leads to
- Romans 16:18
  For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Romans 8:5–7
  Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- 2 Peter 2:3
  In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.