The Skeptics Annotated Bible (784 page)

(8.32-33) When Peter expressed his dismay about Jesus’ coming death, Jesus said to him “Get thee behind me, Satan.”—a fine way to address his holiness, the first pope!

32 And he spake that saying openly. And
Peter
took him, and
began to rebuke him.

(8.32)
“Peter … began to rebuke him.”

33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples,
he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan
: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

(8.33)
“He rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan.”

34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

38
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed
, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

(8.38)
“Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed.”
If you’re ashamed of Jesus, he’ll be ashamed of you.

9
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That
there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

(9.1)
“There be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.”
Jesus falsely prophesies that the end of the world will come within his listeners’ lifetimes.

2 And
after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

(9.2)
“After six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.”
420 When was the transfiguration?

(9.3-7) During the transfiguration, Jesus’ clothes became whiter than white, while he chatted with Moses and Elijah. Then a voice came out of a cloud saying, “This is my beloved Son: hear him.”

3 And
his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

(9.3)
“His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.”

4 And
there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

(9.4)
“There appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.”

5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and
a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

(9.7)
“A voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.”

8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

(9.9-10) Jesus told the disciples not to tell anyone about his mountain-top meeting with Moses and Elijah until after he rose from the dead. But the disciples didn’t know what he meant by “rising from the dead.”

9 And
as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

(9.9)
“As they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.”

10 And
they kept
that saying with themselves,
questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

(9.10)
“They kept … questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.”

11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

13 But I say unto you, That
Elias is indeed come
, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

(9.13)
“Elias is indeed come.”
Jesus says that John the Baptist was Elijah, but John the Baptist explicitly denied it in Jn 1.21.
356 Was John the Baptist Elijah?

14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.

15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?

(9.17-19) Jesus gets mad at his disciples for failing to cast out a devil from a boy with a “dumb spirit” and says, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?”