But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
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- WEB But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”
- BSB But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
- NKJV But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
- NASB But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God’s purposes, but on man’s.”
- NLT Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples, then reprimanded Peter. “Get away from me, Satan!” he said. “You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”
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Quick answer
Jesus sharply rebukes Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan,' for setting his mind on human rather than divine things. Opposing the cross aligns with the tempter.
Overview
Peter's well-meant protest echoes Satan's earlier temptation to offer Jesus glory without suffering. By calling Peter 'Satan,' Jesus exposes how a mind shaped by human values resists God's redemptive plan. The rebuke teaches disciples that following Christ means embracing, not avoiding, the way of the cross.
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- Matt 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Phil 3:19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
- 1 Jn 2:15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- Jas 3:15–18This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
- Matt 6:31–32Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
- Rom 8:5–8For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
- Ps 141:5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Mark 3:34And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
- Gen 3:4–6And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
- 1 Tim 5:20Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
- 2 Sam 19:22And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
- Prov 9:8–9Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- Mark 3:5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
- Luke 22:61And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
- Lev 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
- 1 Cor 5:5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- Matt 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
- 1 Pet 4:1Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
- Luke 4:8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Job 2:10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
- Luke 9:55But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
- Titus 1:13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
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