Mark 8:30

30 And He strictly forbad them to tell this about Him to any one.

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 "John the Baptist," they replied, "but others say Elijah, and others, that it is one of the Prophets."

29 Then He asked them pointedly, "But you yourselves, who do you say that I am?" "You are the Christ," answered Peter.

30 And He strictly forbad them to tell this about Him to any one.

31 And now for the first time He told them, "The Son of Man must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise to life."

32 This He told them plainly; whereupon Peter took Him and began to remonstrate with Him.