Matthew 16:20
New International Version
Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

New Living Translation
Then he sternly warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

English Standard Version
Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.

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

Berean Literal Bible
Then He instructed the disciples that they should tell no one that He is the Christ.

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

New King James Version
Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.

New American Standard Bible
Then He gave the disciples strict orders that they were to tell no one that He was the Christ.

NASB 1995
Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

NASB 1977
Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

Amplified Bible
Then He gave the disciples strict orders to tell no one that He was the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).

Christian Standard Bible
Then he gave the disciples orders to tell no one that he was the Messiah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And He gave the disciples orders to tell no one that He was the Messiah.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Then he ordered his disciples to tell no man that he is The Messiah.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told his disciples not to tell anyone he was the Messiah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then he strictly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Good News Translation
Then Jesus ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

International Standard Version
Then he strictly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Literal Standard Version
Then He charged His disciples that they may say to no one that He is Jesus the Christ.

Majority Standard Bible
Then He admonished His disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.

New American Bible
Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah.

NET Bible
Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

New Revised Standard Version
Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

New Heart English Bible
Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he is the Christ.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he charged his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

Weymouth New Testament
Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ.

World English Bible
Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

Young's Literal Translation
Then did he charge his disciples that they may say to no one that he is Jesus the Christ.

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Context
Peter's Confession of Christ
19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” 20Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ. 21From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.…

Cross References
Matthew 1:16
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

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."

Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Mark 8:30
And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.

Luke 2:11
Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

Luke 9:21
Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.

John 11:27
"Yes, Lord," she answered, "I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."


Treasury of Scripture

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

charged.

Matthew 8:4
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Matthew 17:9
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.

Mark 8:30
And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

Jesus.

John 1:41,45
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ…

John 20:31
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Acts 2:36
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

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Matthew 16
1. The Pharisees require a sign.
5. Jesus warns his disciples of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13. The people's opinion of Jesus,
16. and Peter's confession of him.
21. Jesus foretells his death;
23. reproves Peter for dissuading him from it;
24. and admonishes those who will follow him, to bear the cross.














(20) Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man.--We may venture to analyse what we may reverently call the motives of this reticence. Had the disciples gone about, not only as proclaiming the kingdom and as preachers of repentance, but sounding the watchword that the Christ had come, it might not have been difficult for them to gather round Him the homage of excited crowds. It was not such homage, however, that He sought, but that which had its root in a deeper faith. It tended to present a false aspect of His kingdom to the minds of men; it tended also to prevent the consummation to which He was now directing the thoughts of His disciples as the necessary condition of His entering on the glory of His kingdom. The zeal of the multitude to make him a king after their own fashion (John 6:15) was what He deprecated and shunned.

Verse 20. - Then charged he his disciples. Immediately after Peter's confession and Jesus' promise. St. Matthew's word "charged" (διεστείλατο) becomes more emphatic in the other synoptists (ἐπετίμησεν), implying a command with a rebuke attached to it on its infringement; Vulgate, comminatus est (Mark 8:30). That they should tell no man that he (au)to\) was [Jesus] the Christ. The received text inserts the word "Jesus," but very many good manuscripts omit it; and it seems to have been received by inadvertence, the point being that he was Messiah. The injunction to tell no man (with which comp. Matthew 8:4) was necessary at this time for many reasons. The time was not ripe for the declaration which might have led to tumult and disorder among an excited populace. Any ambitious ideas which the apostles might have formed from what had just passed were here nipped in the bud. They were not sufficiently familiar with the true notion of the Messiah, especially a suffering Messiah, to be competent to preach him to others. This we see by Peter's inconsiderate remonstrance in ver. 22. Till they received the Holy Ghost after Christ's ascension, they could not rightly and profitably preach of Christ's nature, office, and kingdom. Jesus may have looked forward to their desertion of him in his hour of trial, and prevented them from proclaiming his real character, which, in the face of such desertion, would have proved a stumbling block to the faith of believers. Some of these reasons we may reverently believe were those which led Christ to lay this severe restriction on the enthusiasm of his followers (see on Matthew 17:9).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
Τότε (Tote)
Adverb
Strong's 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

He admonished
διεστείλατο (diesteilato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1291: To give a commission (instructions), order; To admonish, prohibit.

the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

disciples
μαθηταῖς (mathētais)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.

not to tell anyone
εἴπωσιν (eipōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

He
αὐτός (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

was
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Christ.
Χριστός (Christos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.


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