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Luke 9:21 KJV
Luke · chapter 9 · verse 21
And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;Luke 9:21 · King James Version
Luke 9:21 in context
19They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
20He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
21And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
22Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedparangellōto transmit a message along from one to another, to declare, announce, to command, order…G3853 →
- chargedepitimaōto show honour to, to honour, to raise the price of, to adjudge, award, in the sense of…G2008 →
- telleiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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In these verses, we have Christ discoursing with his disciples about the great things that pertained to the kingdom of God; and one circumstance of this discourse is taken notice of here which we had not in the other evangelists - that Christ was alone praying, and his disciples with him, when he entered into this…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-27