King James Version
What Does Mark 8:30 Mean?
“And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.”
Context
28
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
29
And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30
And he charged them that they should tell no man of 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 scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32
And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(30) **And he charged them.**—On the assumption of a connection between the writer of this Gospel and St. Peter (see *Introduction*)*,* the omission of the promise to the latter, recorded so fully by St. Matthew, may fairly be regarded as an evidence of the humility of the Apostle, who shrank from what might seem to savour of self-assertion.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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