Matthew 16:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 16:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 16:20 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 16:20 — KJV
“Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.”
— Matthew 16:20 (KJV)
Matthew 16:20 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 16:20
“Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”
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“And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.”
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“And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;”
Shares key themes with Matthew 16:20: charged, should, tell
“And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.”
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“And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.”
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