From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
mind on - The same term is used in Romans 8:5 and Philippians 2:5.
elders - religious leaders, probably the Sanhedrin
vs 21 - "This is Matthew's first prediction of the Passion (see also Matt 17:22; 20:18). Notice the number of specific details in this prediction." (Ryrie)
rebuke = reprove, censure, strongly warn against. Peter probably felt authorized to speak this way in light of the Lord’s words to him in vs.18-19.
Far be it from You = probably “Have mercy on Yourself.”
he turned - away? turned His back?
Satan - This was another temptation to avoid the cross like the ones’s Satan used in the wilderness.
"Christ’s reply to Peter was even stronger than Peter’s remonstrance: “Out of my sight, Satan!” (v.23). By addressing Peter as Satan, He was not inferring that Peter was unsaved. Peter had previously confessed his unswerving faith in the person and work of Christ. But Peter had expressed Satan’s purpose; to prevent Christ from going to the cross to become a sacrifice for the sin of the world. Satan had tried several times previously to bring about Christ’s premature death. Satan had used Herod’s slaughter of the children in Bethlehem, the violence of mobs that sought to kill Christ, and the raging storms on the seas. Thus far Satan had not been able to accomplish his purpose. Now Satan was working through one close to the Lord. In his temptation of Christ, Satan had offered Christ a throne without a cross, asking that he worship him. Christ rejected this offer. Now Peter had acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah; in Peter’s mind there was no reason why He should not exert His messianic authority and mount Messiah’s throne immediately. The death of Christ did not seem necessary to Peter. Peter seems to have be oblivious to the fact that, according to prophetic Scripture. Messiah must not only reign but by His death He must also provide for the redemption of sinners. For this reason Christ said to him, “You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men” (Matthew 16:23)." (Pentecost)
rebuke = reprove, censure, strongly warn against. Peter probably felt authorized to speak this way in light of the Lord’s words to him in vs.18-19.
Far be it from You = probably “Have mercy on Yourself.”
he turned - away? turned His back?
Satan - This was another temptation to avoid the cross like the ones’s Satan used in the wilderness.
"Christ’s reply to Peter was even stronger than Peter’s remonstrance: “Out of my sight, Satan!” (v.23). By addressing Peter as Satan, He was not inferring that Peter was unsaved. Peter had previously confessed his unswerving faith in the person and work of Christ. But Peter had expressed Satan’s purpose; to prevent Christ from going to the cross to become a sacrifice for the sin of the world. Satan had tried several times previously to bring about Christ’s premature death. Satan had used Herod’s slaughter of the children in Bethlehem, the violence of mobs that sought to kill Christ, and the raging storms on the seas. Thus far Satan had not been able to accomplish his purpose. Now Satan was working through one close to the Lord. In his temptation of Christ, Satan had offered Christ a throne without a cross, asking that he worship him. Christ rejected this offer. Now Peter had acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah; in Peter’s mind there was no reason why He should not exert His messianic authority and mount Messiah’s throne immediately. The death of Christ did not seem necessary to Peter. Peter seems to have be oblivious to the fact that, according to prophetic Scripture. Messiah must not only reign but by His death He must also provide for the redemption of sinners. For this reason Christ said to him, “You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men” (Matthew 16:23)." (Pentecost)
"Peter is sharply rebuked for aligning himself with Satan's plan to deter Jesus from fulfilling His mission. The harshness of the rebuke stems from Christ's fierce realism about the principal purpose of His coming to earth, which was to die." (Ryrie)
hindrance = trap, snare — "'Rock of offence' (Rom 9:33). Perhaps a further play on the word 'rock' in verse 18." (Ryrie)
hindrance = trap, snare — "'Rock of offence' (Rom 9:33). Perhaps a further play on the word 'rock' in verse 18." (Ryrie)
mind on - The same term is used in Romans 8:5 and Philippians 2:5.
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