Matthew 16

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Matthew 16 is the hinge of the Gospel. After refusing the Pharisees' demand for a sign and warning the disciples against their teaching, Jesus takes his followers north to Caesarea Philippi and asks who people say he is, and then who they say he is. Peter answers, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God," and Jesus calls him blessed, names him the rock on which he will build his church, and gives him the keys of the kingdom. Then Jesus begins to speak of his coming suffering and death, Peter rebukes him, and Jesus calls Peter "Satan." The chapter closes with the call to deny oneself, take up the cross, and follow.

Kapitelkommentar öffnen

Matthew 16 begins with people asking Jesus for proof and ends with Jesus asking his disciples for everything. The Pharisees and Sadducees want a sign from heaven; Jesus points out that they can read the sky but not the times and gives them only the sign of Jonah. In the boat the disciples worry about bread, and Jesus has to remind them of two feedings before they understand that he is warning them about teaching, not loaves. Then he takes them north, to a pagan city under Mount Hermon, and asks the question the Gospel has been building toward. Who do people say I am? A prophet, they answer, Elijah, Jeremiah, John. Who do you say I am? Peter answers for them all: the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus blesses him, names him the rock, promises a church that death itself will not overcome, and hands him the keys. And then, immediately, Jesus begins to tell them that the Christ must go to Jerusalem, suffer, and be killed, and Peter, still glowing from the blessing, takes him aside to correct him. Get behind me, Satan. You have in mind the things of men. The chapter ends with the terms that follow from a crucified Messiah: deny yourself, take up your cross, lose your life to find it, and ask what a person could possibly give in exchange for a soul.

Wichtige Bibelstellen

Matthew 16:13-20 Matthew 16:21-23 Matthew 16:24-27 Mark 8:27-33 John 6:68-69

Historischer und literarischer Kontext

Caesarea Philippi lay far to the north at the foot of Mount Hermon, a Gentile city named for Caesar and built beside a grotto sacred to the god Pan, a fitting place to ask who the true Son of God is. Popular opinion placed Jesus among the prophets returned; Peter's confession went further. The passion prediction that follows is the first of three in Matthew and marks the turn toward Jerusalem. The "keys" and the language of binding and loosing reflect the authority of a steward and of rabbinic rulings.

Wie sich das Kapitel entfaltet

Verses 1 to 4 are the demand for a sign and the answer of the sign of Jonah. Verses 5 to 12 are the misunderstanding about bread and the warning against the leaven, meaning the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Verses 13 to 20 are the two questions at Caesarea Philippi, Peter's confession, the blessing, the rock, the church, the keys, and the command to silence. Verses 21 to 23 are the first prediction of suffering, Peter's rebuke, and Jesus's rebuke of Peter. Verses 24 to 28 are the terms of discipleship: deny yourself, take up the cross, lose your life to find it, and the coming of the Son of Man.

Warum dieses Kapitel wichtig ist

Peter's confession is the first time a disciple names Jesus as the Christ and Son of God, and Jesus's reply contains the only extended use of the word "church" in the Gospels, with the promise that the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. The passage has been the center of Christian debate about Peter's role and the church's authority for centuries. The immediate fall from "blessed" to "Satan" is one of the Gospel's sharpest lessons: confessing Jesus as Christ is not the same as accepting a crucified Christ. And verses 24 to 26, on self-denial, the cross, and the worth of a soul against the whole world, define discipleship for every generation.

Auslegungsfrage im Blick behalten

Who or what is the rock on which the church is built: Peter himself, his confession, or Christ? Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant readers have answered differently, and the Greek wordplay between Peter and rock allows the debate. Whatever the answer, the same chapter shows Peter both blessed and rebuked, which cautions against any reading that makes the rock infallible.

Fragen zu diesem Kapitel

  • Jesus asks who people say he is before asking who the disciples say he is. Why does the first question matter?
  • Peter goes from "blessed" to "Satan" in five verses. What did he get right, and what did he refuse?
  • What does it mean, in practice, that whoever wants to save his life will lose it and whoever loses it for Jesus's sake will find it?

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1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times! 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them and departed. 5 The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread. 6 Yeshua said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 7 They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.” 8 Yeshua, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you have brought no bread? 9 Don’t you yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up, 10 or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 11 How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12 Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 13 Now when Yeshua came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” 14 They said, “Some say Yochanan the Immerser, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Yeshua answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Sheol will not prevail against it. 19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” 20 Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Yeshua the Messiah. 21 From that time, Yeshua began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.” 24 Then Yeshua said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will give to everyone according to his deeds. 28 Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

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