Matthew 16: 22 Commentary

1. God had revealed to Peter
a. That Jesus was the Christ (v18)
2. The disciples were still WAITING
a. For Jesus to reveal Himself
b. As MESSIAH to the world
3. For Peter to hear Jesus speak of being KILLED
a. Must have sounded absolutely
b. And totally unacceptable to him
4. It does NOT even APPEAR he even heard
a. The “be raised from the dead” part
5. I am sure Peter thought
a. That he was doing the right thing
6. He did NOT want
a. To see Jesus suffer and die
b. But to rule and reign
7. So he pulls Jesus aside as an equal
a. No longer as the Christ
b. The Son of the living God
8. Peter then begins to vehemently rebuke Jesus
a. Attempting to straighten Him out
b. For His incorrect thinking
c. And possible defeatist attitude
9. Peter may have told Jesus
a. “Your destiny is NOT Jerusalem
b. To suffer at the hands
c. Of the religious crowd and die
d. You need to stay alive
e. And claim yourself as Messiah
f. Kick out the Romans
g. And set up the Davidic Kingdom
h. For that is your TRUE destiny!”
10. But Peter missed the BIGGER picture
a. Of the NECESSARY ATONING WORK of Jesus
b. To die for the sins of the world
11. His MESSIANIC EXPECTATIONS
a. Had NO place for a DYING MESSIAH
12. This also then puts a bit of suspicion
a. On the disciples‘ true ability
b. To really comprehend the parables
c. When they said “Yes, Lord”
d. To His asking them
e. If they understood ALL these things
f. (Matt 13:51-52)

By Tractorman (wrote 3584 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 2/29/2012 12:06 pm

WHEN EVEN THE CHIEF AMONG JESUS DISCIPLES rebuke their own Master not knowing that his ignorance of the big picture of the Plan of God made him an enemy of God.

This case is repeated even today, when the chief among the Christian rebukes their fellow Christian for some Hobby Horse that they perceive such a Christian espouse. Even such chief is blinded by his ignorance of the big picture of what is true…not knowing that they are going against the Laws of God!

Example my hobbyhorse as they claim is Polygamy and I attacked SHOULD BE MONOGAMY…some not knowing the Laws of God on this would accuse me of being a fool or even a heretic…w/o even verifying deeply what is the Truth. It would have been better for the chief or chiefs among the Christian to reason with me from the scripture than just keep quiet. Why should one be quiet against a fool or a heretic when he is trying to destroy sacred beliefs? So feel free…to rebuke me if you think i am wrong but be prepared to answer in truth and sincerity so the Truth will come out. If proven wrong, accept so the Truth may come out!

By TIUCHE (wrote 3265 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 9/28/2011 12:11 pm

Suffering,rejection &death were in the agenda of Jesus Christ.He has shared openly about what was going to happen to Him in the future with his disciples who believed that Jesus as the Messiah would act in earthly & political terms.(Luke 24:21;Acts 1:6).But Jesus Christ preached about the Kingdom of Heaven.(Matt.4:17)He taught about the character of His kingdom to His disciples.(Matthew chapters 5-7;13).
It was the program of Jesus Christ(Salvation Program)to come in the flesh & offer Himself as Sacrifice for sins of the world.(Ps.40:6-8;Heb.10:4-9).
Animal sacrifices under the Mosaic Law(First Covenant)were not adequate as they could not take away sins.(Heb10:3).The Old Testament sacrifices pointed to Jesus Christ as the perfect & ultimate sacrifice.He came to establish the Second covenant(New Covenant)by replacing the first one.(Heb.10:9;8:13).His sacrifice was efficacious & effective & sufficient.It put an end to the sin problem.No more sacrifice is needed after His perfect sacrifice as there is remission of sin through the shedding of His blood.(Heb.10:17,18;9:22).
Though Peter had confessed Jesus as the Messiah,he thought of Him as a redeemer of Israel who would come to deliver the people of Israel from the rule of the Romans.He didn’t expect the religious leaders to reject Him & to arrest Him & to hand Him over to the Roman Governor so that death sentence would be passed. So Peter took Jesus away and rebuked him saying that such things as Jesus has told would not happen.

By Alexander (wrote 499 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 8/6/2008 04:07 am