Matthew 16:20
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
μαθητής
disciples
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μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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διαστέλλομαι
he ordered
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διαστέλλομαι
to set (oneself) apart (figuratively, distinguish), i.e. (by implication) to enjoin
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τότε
Then
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τότε
the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)
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ἔπω
they may say
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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μηδείς
to no one
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μηδείς
not even one (man, woman, thing)
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