Mark 8:30

He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.

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WEBBE

He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.

BSB

And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.

KJV

And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

ASV

And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

BBE

And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐπετίμησεν epetimēsen He warned G2008 αὐτοῖς autois them G846 ἵνα ina that G2443 μηδενὶ mēdeni no one G3367 λέγωσιν legōsin they may tell G3004 περὶ peri concerning G4012 αὐτοῦ autou Him G846

The early church

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc. v. Chrys. ubi sup.) The reason, however, why the Lord told them this, was to show, that after His cross and resurrection, Christ must be preached by His witnesses. Again, Peter alone, from the fervour of his disposition, had the boldness to dispute about these things. Wherefore it goes on, And Peter took him up, and began to rebuke hime.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(ubi sup.) Or else, that He might wait to fix the pure faith in their minds, till the Crucifixion, which was an offence to them, was over, for after it was once perfected, about the time of His ascension, He said unto the Apostles, Go ye and teach all nations.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
For He wished in the mean time to hide His glory, lest many should be offended because of Him, and so earn a worse punishment.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(in Matt. Tom. xii. 15) Or else, Mark and Luke, as they wrote that Peter answered, Thou art the Christ, without adding what is put down in Matthew, the Son of the living God, so they omitted to relate the blessing which was conferred on this confession. It goes on, And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Origen of Alexandria · d. 253Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 27–33

These things are written, that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. These miracles of our Lord assure us that he was not conquered, but a Conqueror. Now the disciples are convinced that Jesus is the Christ; they may bear to hear of his sufferings, of which Christ here begins to give them notice. He sees that amiss in what we say and do, of which we ourselves are not aware, and knows what manner of spirit we are of, when we ourselves do not. The wisdom of man is folly, when it pretends to limit the Divine counsels. Peter did not rightly understand the nature of Christ's kingdom.

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