Mark 8:30

30 And he warned them that they should tell no one 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 told him, saying, "John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others that [you are] one of the prophets."

29 And he asked them, "But who do you say [that] I am?" Peter answered [and] said to him, "You are the Christ!"

30 And he warned them that they should tell no one about him.

31 And he began to teach them that it was necessary [for] the Son of Man to suffer many [things] and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise.

32 And he was speaking openly [about] the subject, and Peter took him aside [and] began to rebuke him.