Matthew 16:13-23
1599 Geneva Bible
13 ¶ (A)[a]Now when Jesus came into the coasts of [b]Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the son of man, am?
14 And they said, Some say, [c]John Baptist: and some, Elijah: and others, Jeremiah, or one of the Prophets.
15 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 Then Simon Peter answered, and said, (B)Thou art that Christ, the son of the living God.
17 [d]And Jesus answered, and said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon, the son of Jonah: for [e]flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 [f]And I say also unto thee, that thou art (C)[g]Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church: and the [h]gates of hell shall not overcome it.
19 [i]And I (D) will give unto thee the [j]keys of the Kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt [k]bind upon earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
20 [l]Then he charged his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was Jesus that Christ.
21 ¶ [m]From that time forth Jesus began to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the [n]Elders, and of the high Priests, and Scribes, and be slain and be raised again the third day.
22 Then Peter [o]took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, Master, pity thyself: this shall not be unto thee.
23 [p]Then he turned back, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, [q]Satan: thou art an offence unto me, because thou [r]understandest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.
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- Matthew 16:13 There are divers judgments and opinions of Christ, notwithstanding he is known of his alone.
- Matthew 16:13 There were two Caesareas, the one called Stratonis upon the sea Mediterranean, which Herod built sumptuously in the honor of Octavius, Josephus, lib. 15. The other was Caesarea Philippi, which Herod the great the Tetrarch’s son by Cleopatra built in the honor of Tiberius at the foot of Lebanon, Josephus, lib. 15.
- Matthew 16:14 As Herod thought.
- Matthew 16:17 Faith is of grace, not of nature.
- Matthew 16:17 By this kind of speech is meant man’s natural procreation upon the earth, the creature not being destroyed which was made, but deformed through sin: So then this is the meaning: this was not revealed to thee by any understanding of man, but God showed it thee from heaven.
- Matthew 16:18 That is true faith, which confesseth Christ, the virtue whereof is invisible.
- Matthew 16:18 Christ spoke in the Syrian tongue, and therefore used not this descanting betwixt Petros, which signifieth Peter, and Petra, which signifieth a rock, but in both places used this word Cephas: but his mind was that wrote in Greek, by the divers termination to make a difference between Peter, who is a piece of the building, and Christ the Petra, that is, the rock and foundation: or else he gave his name Peter, because of the confession of his faith, which is the Church’s as well as his, as the old fathers witness: For so saith Theophylact, That confession which thou hast made, shall be the foundation of the believers.
- Matthew 16:18 The enemies of the Church are compared to a strong kingdom, and therefore by Gates, are meant cities which are made strong with counsels and fortresses, and this is the meaning, whatsoever Satan can do by counsel or strength. So doth Paul, 2 Cor. 10:4, call them strongholds.
- Matthew 16:19 The authority of the Church is from God.
- Matthew 16:19 A metaphor taken of stewards which carry the keys: and here is set forth the power of the ministers of the word, as Isa. 22:22, and that power is common to all ministers, as Matt. 18:18, and therefore the ministers of the Gospel may rightly be called the key of the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 16:19 They are bound whose sins are retained, heaven is shut against them, because they received not Christ by faith: on the other side, how happy are they, to whom heaven is open, which embrace Christ, and are delivered by him, and become fellow heirs with him.
- Matthew 16:20 Men must first learn and then teach.
- Matthew 16:21 The minds of men are in time to be prepared and made ready against the stumbling block of persecution.
- Matthew 16:21 It was a name of dignity and not of age, and it is put for them, which were the Judges, which the Hebrews called Sanhedrin.
- Matthew 16:22 Took him by the hand and led him aside, as they used to do, which meant to talk familiarly with one.
- Matthew 16:23 Against a preposterous zeal.
- Matthew 16:23 The Hebrews call him Satan, that is to say, an adversary, whom the Grecians call diabolos, that is to say, slanderer, or tempter: but it is spoken of them, that either of malice, as Judas, John 6:70, or of lightness and pride resist the will of God.
- Matthew 16:23 By this word we are taught that Peter sinned, through a false persuasion of himself.
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