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Butδὲheὁturnedστραφεὶςand saidεἶπενto Peter,τῷ Πέτρῳ“GetὝπαγεbehindὀπίσωme,μουSatan!ΣατανᾶYou areεἶa stumbling blockσκάνδαλονto me,ἐμοῦbecauseὅτιyou are notοὐthinkingφρονεῖςthe thingsτὰ τοῦof Godθεοῦbutἀλλὰthe thingsτὰ τῶνof men.”ἀνθρώπων
Matthew 16:23
Study it in the app“But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 16:23, word by word
- turnedστραφεὶςstrapheis
turn around
To face round toward someone.
Where else “strapheis” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- to PeterΠέτρῳPetrōi
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petrōi” appears- “GetὝπαγεHypage
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “Hypage” appears- behindὀπίσωopisō
behind
Behind, backward.
Where else “opisō” appears- SatanΣατανᾶSatana
Satan
Satan, a Hebrew name meaning "the adversary", the enemy of God.
Where else “Satana” appears- You areεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- a stumbling blockσκάνδαλονskandalon
cause for stumbling
Cause for stumbling: what makes someone fall into sin.
Where else “skandalon” appears- thinkingφρονεῖςphroneis
set one's mind
To fix one's attention on something.
Where else “phroneis” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- of menἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appears
Parallel passages
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Matthew 16:21-23
21From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never happen to you.” 23But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”
31And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the high priests and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise. 32And he was speaking the word openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter and says, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”
22saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
The context
22And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never happen to you.”
23 · This verse (above)
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
To study Matthew 16 in a group
1. What it says
Who did people say Jesus was, and what did Peter answer (vv. 13–16)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by losing one's life in order to find it (vv. 24–25)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asks, “But who do you say that I am?” (v. 15). How would you answer in your own words?