Matthew 16:23
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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."
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageCaesarea Philippi, a Gentile-region city near the sources of the Jordan River, is where Jesus began revealing that he must go to Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Israel’s religious center and the site of the temple, was where he would suffer, be killed, and rise, making Peter’s resistance to that path a rejection of God’s redemptive purpose.
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Matthew 16:23 mentions Caesarea Philippi and Jerusalem.
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