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Matthew 16 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus rejects demands for a sign, Peter confesses him as the Christ, and Jesus predicts his suffering and death for the first time. Below is a research summary for Matthew 16, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Matthew 16 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἄρτος | ártos | G740 | 7 | bread, loaf |
| οὐρανός | ouranós | G3772 | 8 | air, heaven, sky |
| σημεῖον | sēmeîon | G4592 | 5 | miracle, sign, token, wonder |
| Σαδδουκαῖος | Saddoukaîos | G4523 | 4 | Sadducee |
| μαθητής | mathētḗs | G3101 | 5 | disciple |
| Φαρισαῖος | Pharisaîos | G5330 | 4 | Pharisee |
| ψυχή | psychḗ | G5590 | 4 | heart, life, mind, soul |
How preachers through history handled this text
43 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“A true disciple of Christ is one that does follow him in duty, and shall follow him to glory. He is one that walks in the same way Christ walked in, is led by his Spirit, and treads in his steps, whithersoever he goes. "Let him deny himself." If self-denial be a hard lesson, it is no more than what our Master learned and practised, to redeem us, and to teach us. "Let him take up his cross." The cross is here put for every trouble that befalls us. We are apt to think we could bear another's cross better than our own; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 16:24–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Caesarea Philippi— Matt 16:13
- Jerusalem— Matt 16:21
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