Matthew 16:20
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
KJV
τότε διεστείλατο τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ εἴπωσιν ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός.
Greek NT
Tunc præcepit discipulis suis ut nemini dicerent quia ipse esset Jesus Christus.
Vulgate
Then charged he the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ.
ASV
Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διαστέλλομαι
diastellomai
verb · 8×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: διεστείλατο | Treg/NA/RP: διεστείλατο | WH/NIV: ἐπετίμησεν
- διεστείλατο — SBLGNT
- διεστείλατο — Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐπετίμησεν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: μαθηταῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: μαθηταῖς | RP: + αὐτοῦ
- μαθηταῖς — SBLGNT
- μαθηταῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἐστιν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐστιν | RP: + Ἰησοῦς
- ἐστιν — SBLGNT
- ἐστιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + Ἰησοῦς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§440Jesus accepted Peter's profession of faith, which acknowledged him to be the Messiah, by announcing the imminent Passion of the Son of Man.40 He unveiled the authentic content of his messianic kingship both in the transcendent identity of the Son of Man "who came down from heaven", and in his redemptive mission as the suffering Servant: "The Son of Man came not to be served but…
2. What then says the mouth of the apostles, Peter, the ever fervent, the leader of the apostolic choir? When all are asked, he answers. And whereas when He asked the opinion of the people, all replied to the question; when He asked their own, Peter springs forward, and anticipates them, and says, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16:16 What then says Chris…
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
Cross-references
- John 1:41 — He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
- Luke 2:11 — For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
- Luke 9:21 — And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
- Luke 9:21 — And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
- Luke 9:36 — And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.
- Mark 8:30 — And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
- Mark 8:30 — And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
- Matt 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.
- Matt 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.