Matthew · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Matthew 16 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και προσελθόντες οι Φαρισαίοι και οι Σαδδουκαίοι, πειράζοντες αυτόν εζήτησαν να δείξη εις αυτούς σημείον εκ του ουρανού.
1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
2 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτούς· Όταν γείνη εσπέρα, λέγετε· Καλωσύνη· διότι κοκκινίζει ο ουρανός·
2 But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
3 και το πρωΐ· Σήμερον χειμών· διότι κοκκινίζει σκυθρωπάζων ο ουρανός. Υποκριταί, το μεν πρόσωπον του ουρανού εξεύρετε να διακρίνητε, τα δε σημεία των καιρών δεν δύνασθε;
3 In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!
4 Γενεά πονηρά και μοιχαλίς σημείον ζητεί, και σημείον δεν θέλει δοθή εις αυτήν ειμή το σημείον Ιωνά του προφήτου. Και αφήσας αυτούς ανεχώρησε.
4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them and departed.
5 Και ελθόντες οι μαθηταί αυτού εις το πέραν, ελησμόνησαν να λάβωσιν άρτους.
5 The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
6 Ο δε Ιησούς είπε προς αυτούς· Βλέπετε και προσέχετε από της ζύμης των Φαρισαίων και Σαδδουκαίων.
6 Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 Και εκείνοι διελογίζοντο εν εαυτοίς, λέγοντες ότι άρτους δεν ελάβομεν.
7 They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”
8 Νοήσας δε ο Ιησούς, είπε προς αυτούς· Τι διαλογίζεσθε εν εαυτοίς, ολιγόπιστοι, ότι άρτους δεν ελάβετε;
8 Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you have brought no bread?
9 έτι δεν καταλαμβάνετε, ουδέ ενθυμείσθε τους πέντε άρτους των πεντακισχιλίων και πόσους κοφίνους ελάβετε;
9 Don’t you yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up,
10 ουδέ τους επτά άρτους των τετρακισχιλίων και πόσας σπυρίδας ελάβετε;
10 or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
11 πως δεν καταλαμβάνετε ότι περί άρτου δεν σας είπον να προσέχητε από της ζύμης των Φαρισαίων και Σαδδουκαίων;
11 How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
12 Τότε ενόησαν, ότι δεν είπε να προσέχωσιν από της ζύμης του άρτου, αλλ' από της διδαχής των Φαρισαίων και Σαδδουκαίων.
12 Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 Ότε δε ήλθεν ο Ιησούς εις τα μέρη της Καισαρείας της Φιλίππου, ηρώτα τους μαθητάς αυτού, λέγων· Τίνα με λέγουσιν οι άνθρωποι ότι είμαι εγώ ο Υιός του ανθρώπου;
13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 Οι δε είπον· Άλλοι μεν Ιωάννην τον Βαπτιστήν, άλλοι δε Ηλίαν και άλλοι Ιερεμίαν ή ένα των προφητών.
14 They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 Λέγει προς αυτούς· Αλλά σεις τίνα με λέγετε ότι είμαι;
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Και αποκριθείς ο Σίμων Πέτρος είπε· Συ είσαι ο Χριστός ο Υιός του Θεού του ζώντος.
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Και αποκριθείς ο Ιησούς είπε προς αυτόν· Μακάριος είσαι, Σίμων, υιέ του Ιωνά, διότι σαρξ και αίμα δεν σοι απεκάλυψε τούτο, αλλ' ο Πατήρ μου ο εν τοις ουρανοίς.
17 Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
18 Και εγώ δε σοι λέγω ότι συ είσαι Πέτρος, και επί ταύτης της πέτρας θέλω οικοδομήσει την εκκλησίαν μου, και πύλαι άδου δεν θέλουσιν ισχύσει κατ' αυτής.
18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
19 Και θέλω σοι δώσει τα κλειδία της βασιλείας των ουρανών, και ό,τι εάν δέσης επί της γης, θέλει είσθαι δεδεμένον εν τοις ουρανοίς, και ό,τι εάν λύσης επί της γης, θέλει είσθαι λελυμένον εν τοις ουρανοίς.
19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
20 Τότε παρήγγειλεν εις τους μαθητάς αυτού να μη είπωσι προς μηδένα ότι αυτός είναι Ιησούς ο Χριστός.
20 Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
21 Από τότε ήρχισεν ο Ιησούς να δεικνύη εις τους μαθητάς αυτού ότι πρέπει να υπάγη εις Ιεροσόλυμα και να πάθη πολλά από των πρεσβυτέρων και αρχιερέων και γραμματέων, και να θανατωθή, και την τρίτην ημέραν να αναστηθή.
21 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
22 Και παραλαβών αυτόν ο Πέτρος κατ' ιδίαν ήρχισε να επιτιμά αυτόν, λέγων· Γενού ίλεως εις σεαυτόν, Κύριε· δεν θέλει γείνει τούτο εις σε.
22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
23 Εκείνος δε στραφείς είπε προς τον Πέτρον· Ύπαγε οπίσω μου, Σατανά· σκάνδαλόν μου είσαι· διότι δεν φρονείς τα του Θεού, αλλά τα των ανθρώπων.
23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”
24 Τότε ο Ιησούς είπε προς τους μαθητάς αυτού· Εάν τις θέλη να έλθη οπίσω μου, ας απαρνηθή εαυτόν και ας σηκώση τον σταυρόν αυτού και ας με ακολουθή.
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
25 Διότι όστις θέλει να σώση την ζωήν αυτού, θέλει απολέσει αυτήν· και όστις απολέση την ζωήν αυτού ένεκεν εμού, θέλει ευρεί αυτήν.
25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
26 Επειδή τι ωφελείται άνθρωπος εάν τον κόσμον όλον κερδήση, την δε ψυχήν αυτού ζημιωθή; ή τι θέλει δώσει άνθρωπος εις ανταλλαγήν της ψυχής αυτού;
26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
27 Διότι μέλλει ο Υιός του ανθρώπου να έλθη εν τη δόξη του Πατρός αυτού μετά των αγγέλων αυτού, και τότε θέλει αποδώσει εις έκαστον κατά την πράξιν αυτού.
27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will give to everyone according to his deeds.
28 Αληθώς σας λέγω, είναι τινές των εδώ ισταμένων, οίτινες δεν θέλουσι γευθή θάνατον, εωσού ίδωσι τον Υιόν του ανθρώπου ερχόμενον εν τη βασιλεία αυτού.
28 Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Jonah
The father of Simon Peter, named Jonah in Matthew 16:17 and John in John 1:42 and 21:15.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 16:17; John 1:42; John 21:15
Peter
Simon, whom Jesus named Peter (Cephas), a fisherman from Bethsaida and the first listed of the Twelve, who confessed Jesus as Christ, denied him three times, and was told to feed…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:2; Matthew 16:17; Mark 3:16
Places
Caesarea Philippi
Caesarea Philippi (Banias) sat at the northern edge of the land by a spring of the Jordan and a shrine to Pan. Here Peter made his great confession of Jesus as Messiah.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 16:13; Mark 8:27
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 11:16; Acts 4:1; Matthew 16:6; John 8:6; 1 Corinthians 1:22
- 2 Luke 12:54–56
- 3 Luke 12:56; 1 Chronicles 12:32; Luke 13:15; Matthew 11:5; Matthew 23:13
- 4 Luke 11:29–30; Matthew 12:39–40; Jonah 1:17; Mark 8:12; Mark 8:38
- 5 Mark 8:13–14; Matthew 15:39
- 6 Luke 12:1; Matthew 16:12; Galatians 5:9; Leviticus 2:11; 1 Corinthians 5:6–8
- 7 Mark 8:16–18; Luke 9:46; Acts 10:14; Matthew 15:16–18; Mark 9:10
- 8 Matthew 6:30; Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:31; Mark 16:14; John 2:24–25
- 9 Matthew 14:17–21; John 6:9–13; Luke 9:13–17; Mark 6:38–44; Matthew 15:16–17
- 10 Matthew 15:34–38; Mark 8:17–21; Mark 8:5–9
- 11 Mark 8:21; Mark 4:40; Matthew 16:6; Luke 12:56; John 8:43
- 12 Matthew 5:20; Acts 23:8; Matthew 23:13–28; Matthew 15:4–9
- 13 Luke 9:18–20; Mark 8:27–29; Daniel 7:13; John 5:27; Matthew 9:6
- 14 Mark 6:15; Matthew 14:2; Malachi 4:5; John 9:17; Luke 9:18–19
- 15 Luke 9:20; Mark 8:29; Matthew 13:11
- 16 John 11:27; Matthew 14:33; 1 John 4:15; Matthew 27:54; 1 Timothy 4:10
- 17 John 6:45; Ephesians 1:17–18; Matthew 11:25–27; Galatians 1:16; 1 John 5:20
- 18 Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Corinthians 3:9–11; Isaiah 28:16; Colossians 1:18; Psalm 125:1–2
- 19 Matthew 18:18; Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 1:18; John 20:23; Revelation 3:7
- 20 Mark 8:30; Luke 9:21; John 1:41; Matthew 17:9; Luke 9:36
- 21 Luke 24:6–7; Matthew 17:22–23; Matthew 20:17–19; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Matthew 17:12
- 22 Mark 8:32; Acts 21:11–13; John 13:6–8; Matthew 26:51–53; Matthew 16:16–17
- 23 Romans 8:5–8; Colossians 3:2; Philippians 3:19; Mark 8:33; 1 Corinthians 2:14–15
- 24 Matthew 10:38; Luke 14:27; 1 Peter 4:1–2; Luke 9:23–27; Mark 10:21
- 25 Matthew 10:39; Revelation 12:11; Mark 8:35; John 12:25; Luke 17:33
- 26 Job 27:8; Mark 8:36–37; Luke 9:25; Luke 12:20; Psalm 49:7–8
- 27 Psalm 62:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6; Romans 14:12; Jeremiah 17:10
- 28 Luke 9:27; Mark 9:1; John 8:52; Matthew 26:64; Matthew 10:23
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Then; when? When Peter said, "Be it far from Thee, this shall not be unto Thee;" and was told, "Get thee behind me, Satan." For He was by no means satisfied with the mere rebuke, but, willing also more abundantly to show both the extravagance of what Peter had said, and the benefit of His passion, He saith, "Thy word …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Or how could Peter have been in ignorance, to whom the Lord gave testimony, that flesh and blood had not revealed to him, but the Father, who is in heaven? Just, then, as "Paul [was] an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father," [so with the rest;] the Son indeed leading them …
… had actually come,--as Simeon, or Anna, who immediately recognized Jesus when He was born, or Elisabeth, who in the Spirit recognized Him when He was conceived, or Peter, who said by the revelation of the Father, "Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God." But to this Egyptian those spirits indicated the time of their own destruction, who also, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
But to His disciples not so, but He puts them in mind of His signs, saying on this wise, "Do ye not yet remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?" Not so however with these, but He reminds them of our common infirmity, and signifies them at any rate to be of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For the Saviour says, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but My Father which is in heaven.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)