Luke 9:21

Jesus Predicts His Death

21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.

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Luke 9:21 in Other Translations

KJV

21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;

ESV

21 And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one,

NLT

21 Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone who he was.

MSG

21 Jesus then warned them to keep it quiet. They were to tell no one what Peter had said.

CSB

21 But He strictly warned and instructed 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).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Luke 9:21 In-Context

19 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”

20 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”

21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.

22 And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

Cross References 1

1. Matthew 16:20; S Mark 8:30