Mark 8:30

30 And he charged them straitly, in order that they should tell no man about him.

Mark 8:30 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:30

And he charged them
His disciples, after he had declared his approbation of Peter's confession of faith, and signified he would build his church on that rock, and the gates of hell should not prevail against it: and promised Peter the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and that whatsoever was bound, or loosed by him on earth, should be bound and loosed in heaven; which are omitted by Mark, but related by Matthew, ( Matthew 16:17-19 ) : after this he gave a strict and severe charge,

that they should tell no man of him;
that he was the Messiah, and the Son of God; (See Gill on Matthew 16:20).

Mark 8:30 In-Context

28 And they answered him, saying, John the baptist; and others, Elias; but others, One of the prophets.

29 And he asked them, But *ye*, who do ye say that I am? And Peter answering says to him, *Thou* art the Christ.

30 And he charged them straitly, in order that they should tell no man about him.

31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and of the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise [again].

32 And he spoke the thing openly. And Peter, taking him to [him], began to rebuke him.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or 'strictly.'