Matthew 16:21-23·~1 min
Christ’s Passion Foretold
Jesus begins to tell his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, suffer at the hands of the leaders, die, and be raised on the third day. Peter objects, but Jesus rebukes him for setting human concerns above God's.
F21rom that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 22Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” 23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
Section summaryJesus begins to tell his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, suffer at the hands of the leaders, die, and be raised on the third day. Peter objects, but Jesus rebukes him for setting human concerns above God's.
Role in the chapterThis brief exchange names the road ahead and corrects any triumphal reading of the Messiah. Peter's objection meets a sharper rebuke, because the kingdom path passes through suffering before resurrection.