Charles Ellicott Commentary Mark 8:30

"And he charged them that they should tell no man of him." — Mark 8:30 (ASV)

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 partake of self-assertion.