Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.
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
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. (7) Men must first learn, and then teach.
Had the rulers known He was truly God, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. His death must come first, then by His resurrection He would declare Himself the Son of God with power.
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