Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Christ must teach them that His reign begins not with honor and riches but with ignominious death, for their expectations of earthly happiness stood in the way. The cross was an offense they could scarcely bear; so He heals the wound at once by saying He will rise on the third day.
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Christ asked not what the hostile scribes and Pharisees said of Him, but what common people believed. When ministers lose their public pulpit, they must labor harder in private conversation with their own household, for every season of diminished public work is opportunity for deeper family instruction.
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Commenting on Matthew 16:13-20
Now their faith was grounded, He could teach them plainly of His sufferings and death, destroying their hopes of a temporal kingdom. Had the rulers known Him, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory; His death must come first, then His declaration as Messiah and Redeemer.
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