Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:31
And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PASSION; THE RESURRECTION; AND THE SECOND COMINGThis paragraph beginning with Mark 8:31 and continuing through Mark 9:1 is characteristic of Mark in that several unrelated things are gathered together in it, as in Mark 5:21-25.Scholars have a custom of formalizing three definite... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:30
And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.Although Mark did not record Jesus' acceptance of Peter's confession as did Matthew, he nevertheless indicated it emphatically by this charge. Again from Cranfield, "(This) implies that Jesus did accept Peter's confession as true.""[10] read more