He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him — Peter's response to the first passion prediction is to rebuke Jesus — the same word (epitimaō) used for Jesus' rebukes of demons. The disciple who correctly identified Jesus as the Messiah is now rebuking the Messiah for saying the Messiah must suffer. The plainly (parrhēsia) communicates that the passion prediction was not figurative or ambiguous — Jesus said this clearly, and Peter clearly rejected it.

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