John Gill's Exposition on Luke 9:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he strictly charged them, and commanded them, etc.] Though he highly approved of this their confession, and pronounced Peter blessed upon it; and signified that it was a discovery which flesh and blood could not make, but what was made to him his Father: yet he gave them a strict charge, and laid his commands on them, to tell no man that thing; that he was the Messiah, and the eternal Son of God, and the true God, as well as the son of man, and really man: the reasons for this: (See Gill on “<401620>Matthew 16:20”).

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