Matthew 16:20-21 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

²⁰Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.

²¹From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

— Matthew 16:20-21

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