Luke 9:21

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection

21 But he warned [and] commanded them to tell this to no one,

Luke 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:21

And he strictly charged them, and commanded them
Though he highly approved of this their confession, and pronounced Peter blessed upon it; and signified that it was a discovery which flesh and blood could not make, but what was made to him his Father: yet he gave them a strict charge, and laid his commands on them,

to tell no man that thing;
that he was the Messiah, and the eternal Son of God, and the true God, as well as the son of man, and really man: the reasons for this: (See Gill on Matthew 16:20).

Luke 9:21 In-Context

19 And they answered [and] said, "John the Baptist, but others, Elijah, and others, that one of the ancient prophets has risen."

20 And he said to them, "But who do you say [that] I am?" And Peter answered [and] said, "The Christ of God."

21 But he warned [and] commanded them to tell this to no one,

22 saying, "It is necessary [for] the Son of Man to suffer many [things] and to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised on the third day.

23 And he said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("warned") has been translated as a finite verb