Lesson 4238

 (Lesson 4238)(08-29-23) Mark 8:31-33

    “And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 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.”

    Today’s quote relates that when Jesus told His apostles that He would soon face death and would rise again after three days, Peter began to scold Him; Whereafter, Jesus called Peter “Satan”. That action is very ironic in that Peter is said to have been chosen by Jesus to be the foundation for His church. I find it odd that the person upon whom Christ’s church was founded would be called Satan.~