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Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
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Good Intentions, Bad Theology
Commentators agree that Peter's rebuke came from a place of genuine love and loyalty. He couldn't bear the thought of his Lord suffering. However, this highlights a critical danger for believers: even our best intentions can be directly opposed to God's divine will if they are based on human wisdom rather than God's revealed truth. As John Calvin notes, this is the 'wisdom of the flesh' at odds with the Spirit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then Peter took him. This may mean, either to interrupt him, or to take him aside, or to take him by the hand, as a friend. The l…
Peter took him (προσλαβομενος αυτον ο Πετρος). Middle voice, "taking to himself," aside and apart, "as if by a right of his own. H…
19th Century
Anglican
Peter took him, and began to rebuke him — It is obvious that the disciple's mind focused on the former, not the latter pa…
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Baptist
Peter could not be trusted as steward or major-domo. He takes too much upon himself. See, how great he is! He half fancies that he is the master.
Peter’s rebuke reveals how little he understood the kind of messiahship Jesus had in mind. He used strong language: “Never, Lord! This shall never …
16th Century
Protestant
And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him. It is a proof of Peter's excessive zeal that he rebukes his Master. It would appear, how…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then Peter took him The Arabic version reads it, "called to him": the Ethiopic, "answered him"; and the Syriac, "led…
Christ reveals his mind to his people gradually. From that time, when the apostles had made the full confession of Christ, that he was the Son of G…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, Peter’s confession of Christ’s divinity was related; here, Christ commands silence for a time, specifically, that they do not say that He is…
