King James Version
What Does Mark 8:32 Mean?
“And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.”
Context
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.
33
But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
34
And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**30. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed--**But Matthew (Mt 15:28) is more specific; "And her daughter was made whole from that very hour." The wonderfulness of this case in all its features has been felt in every age of the Church, and the balm it has administered, and will yet administer, to millions will be known only in that day that shall reveal the secrets of all hearts.
Deaf and Dumb Man Healed (Mr 7:31-37).
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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