Scripture More Accurately
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Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
This passage records that Jesus began to show His disciples that He had to go to Jerusalem, suffer many things from various Jewish leaders, be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Peter responded to Jesus' teaching by rebuking Him and saying, "Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee." Saying this, Peter expressed strongly his desire that Jesus not suffer at the hands of the Jewish authorities and be killed and be raised again the third day, as He had just said was going to happen to Him.
Shockingly, Jesus responded to Peter's statement by addressing Peter as Satan! Saying this, Jesus undeniably communicated that what Peter said was not of God, but rather was what Satan wanted. Peter's statements thus were an expression of the desires of both men and Satan that Jesus would not suffer at the hands of the Jewish authorities and be killed and be raised again the third day.
Again, undeniably in this passage, Jesus taught that Peter's not wanting Jesus to suffer at the hands of the Jewish authorities and be killed and be raised again on the third day was of Satan and men and not of God.
Jesus' teaching in Matthew 16:21-23 shows that Satan influenced Peter (in some unstated manner about which we are not told) so that Peter did not want Jesus to "go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day."
A biblical understanding about what Scripture reveals about Satan's role in the crucifixion of Jesus must account for what Jesus explicitly said on this occasion that directly pertains to that subject.
This passage records that Jesus began to show His disciples that He had to go to Jerusalem, suffer many things from various Jewish leaders, be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Peter responded to Jesus' teaching by rebuking Him and saying, "Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee." Saying this, Peter expressed strongly his desire that Jesus not suffer at the hands of the Jewish authorities and be killed and be raised again the third day, as He had just said was going to happen to Him.
Shockingly, Jesus responded to Peter's statement by addressing Peter as Satan! Saying this, Jesus undeniably communicated that what Peter said was not of God, but rather was what Satan wanted. Peter's statements thus were an expression of the desires of both men and Satan that Jesus would not suffer at the hands of the Jewish authorities and be killed and be raised again the third day.
Again, undeniably in this passage, Jesus taught that Peter's not wanting Jesus to suffer at the hands of the Jewish authorities and be killed and be raised again on the third day was of Satan and men and not of God.
Jesus' teaching in Matthew 16:21-23 shows that Satan influenced Peter (in some unstated manner about which we are not told) so that Peter did not want Jesus to "go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day."
A biblical understanding about what Scripture reveals about Satan's role in the crucifixion of Jesus must account for what Jesus explicitly said on this occasion that directly pertains to that subject.