Matthew 16:20

BIBLE IN TEN · Feb 6, 2026 · 7m

Friday, 6 February 2026 Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ. Matthew 16:20 “Then He enjoined His disciples that they should say to none that He, He is Jesus the Christ” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus explained to Peter what it meant to possess the keys of the kingdom of the heavens. Next, Matthew records, “Then He enjoined His disciples.” A new word is seen, diastelló, to enjoin. It is from dia, through, and stelló, to set fast. Thus, the sense is to thoroughly set firmly. To enjoin, in a legal sense, means to prohibit someone from…