F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 16:21-28
Bear the Cross for Jesus Matthew 16:21-28 The gospel has two parts: Jesus is the Christ; and the Christ must suffer, if He shall enter His glory. Our Lord made sure of the first, before He held to the second. There had been veiled hints of His death before, as in John 2:19 ; Matthew 9:15 ; Matthew 12:40 ; but henceforth it was taught without a veil. The Cross had always cast its shadow over our Lord’s path. He did not die as the martyr on whom death comes unexpectedly, but He stepped from... read more
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 16:21-28
B. The Church as bearing the Cross of Christ, in contrast to that worldly fear of the Cross by which the Lord is assailed. Matthew 16:21-28(Mark 8:31 to Mark 9:1; Luke 9:21-28)21From that time forth37 began Jesus to show unto [to] his disciples, how38 that he must go unto [to] Jerusalem, and suffer many things of [from] the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed [put to death], and be raised again [rise]39 the third day. 22Then Peter took him,40 and began41 to rebuke him, saying,... read more