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I love this line from Scripture -- and it's rather useful at times, a magnificent rebuke, "Get behind me, Satan!" | |||
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. | Here for the full passage:<blockquote>From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. | ||
Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” | Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” | ||
He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” </blockquote> | He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” </blockquote>We don't know how Peter reacted to it, as it was in no way said in jest. Think about it: the Lord called him "Satan" (and as a proper noun)! | ||
We don't know how Peter reacted to it, as it was in no way said in jest. Think about it: the Lord called him "Satan" (and as a proper noun)! | |||
What's going on here? | What's going on here? | ||
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Nearing the time of the Passover festival, Jesus had prepared the disciples for his coming Passion | |||
Nearing the time of the Passover festival, Jesus had prepared the disciples for his coming Passion. My NAB Bible gives this passage the title, '''The First Prediction of the Passion.''' | |||
Who wouldn't react like Peter to being told, <blockquote>From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. </blockquote>No, Lord, no! <blockquote>Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” </blockquote> | |||
Jesus tells Peter, <blockquote>"Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”</blockquote> | Jesus tells Peter, <blockquote>"Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”</blockquote> | ||
We do know that whatever he made of it, Peter didn't understand. Not long after, at the arrest of Jesus in the Garden, Peter again brashly tries to defend Jesus, this time not with braggadocio but true bravery, wielding a sword. He truly didn’t get it, didn't get the logic of God’s plan. (And had he not slept through Jesus’ prayer in the Garden, perhaps he would have finally understood). | We do know that whatever he made of it, Peter didn't understand. Not long after, at the arrest of Jesus in the Garden, Peter again brashly tries to defend Jesus, this time not with braggadocio but true bravery, wielding a sword. He truly didn’t get it, didn't get the logic of God’s plan. (And had he not slept through Jesus’ prayer in the Garden, perhaps he would have finally understood). | ||