Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
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Gill's Exposition
But he turned,.... Either to Peter, changing his countenance, and looking sternly upon him, or rather to the disciples; for Mark says, "when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked…
See also Mar 7:31-33; Luk 9:22. “From that time forth.” This was the first intimation that he gave that he was to die in this cruel manner. He had taken much pains to convince them that he was the…
We have here Christ's discourse with his disciples concerning his own sufferings; in which observe,
I. Christ's foretelling of his sufferings. Now he began to do it, and from this time he frequently…
Cambridge Bible
Be it far from thee, Lord Literally, (1) "may God pity thee," i. e. "give thee a better fate," or (2) "pity thyself."
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