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reported that Simon Peter, in reply to the question put by
Jesus: "Whom say you that I am?" said: "Thou art the
Christ [Messiah] of God." (l) Then Christ commanded his
disciples not to say to anybody that he is the Christ. (2) St.
Mark and St. Luke know nothing about the "power of the
keys" given to Peter; they, not being there, had not heard
of it. John has not a word about this Messianic conversa-
tion; probably he had forgotten it! St. Matthew reports (3)
that when Jesus told them not to say that he was the Christ
he explained to them how he would be delivered and killed.
Thereupon Peter began to reprove and admonish him not
to repeat the same words about his passion and death.
According to this story of St. Matthew, Peter was perfectly
right when he said: "Master, be it far from thee!" If it
Jesus: "Whom say you that I am?" said: "Thou art the
Christ [Messiah] of God." (l) Then Christ commanded his
disciples not to say to anybody that he is the Christ. (2) St.
Mark and St. Luke know nothing about the "power of the
keys" given to Peter; they, not being there, had not heard
of it. John has not a word about this Messianic conversa-
tion; probably he had forgotten it! St. Matthew reports (3)
that when Jesus told them not to say that he was the Christ
he explained to them how he would be delivered and killed.
Thereupon Peter began to reprove and admonish him not
to repeat the same words about his passion and death.
According to this story of St. Matthew, Peter was perfectly
right when he said: "Master, be it far from thee!" If it