But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying,
Get you behind me, Satan: for you consider not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
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Bede
AD 735
In Marc., 2, 35: Philip was that brother of Herod, of whom we spoke above, who in honour of Tiberius Caesar called that town, which is now called Paneas, Caesarea Philippi. It goes on, “And by the way He asked His disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?”.
Wherefore He first asks what is the opinion of men, in order to try the faith of the disciples, lest their confession should appear to be founded on the common opinion.
This, however, he speaks with the feelings of a man who loves and desires; as if he said, This cannot be, neither can mind ears receive that the Son of God is to be slain.
