Episodes

Sunday, 15 February 2026 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; Matthew 17:1 “And after six days, Jesus, He takes with – Peter, and James and John his brother, and them, He uphefts into a high mountain off alone” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus finished up Chapter 16, noting that there were some standing there with Him who would not taste death till they saw the Son of Man coming in His kingdom. Chapter 17 now begins,...

Exploring the Connection Between Matthew 16 and Nehemiah For BibleInTen.com - By DH, 14th February 2026 Welcome back to Bible in Ten! Today, we have another bonus episode as our daily commentary from CG at the Superior Word rounds off Matthew Chapter 16. Matthew’s Gospel contains 28 chapters, and remarkably, it mirrors the first 28 books of the Old Testament as arranged in the Christian Bible. So in this episode, having considered Matthew 16, we’ll now look at its fascinating counterpart: Bo...

Saturday, 14 February 2026 Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” Matthew 16:28 “Amen! I say to you that they are some of those having stood here who not they should taste death until if they should see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told His disciples that the Son of Man is about to come in His kingdom, and then He will give each according to his practice. ...

Friday, 13 February 2026 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. Matthew 16:27 “For the Son of Man is about to come in His Father’s glory with His messengers. And then He will give each according to his practice” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus asked what profit it would be for a man to gain the world but lose his soul. He also questioned what a man could give for his soul. Jesus next says, “For the Son o...

Thursday, 12 February 2026 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26 “For what it benefits a man if he may gain the whole world and he may lose his soul? Or what will he give, man, equivalent his soul?” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of the importance of following Him, saying, “For whoever, if he may desire to save his soul, he will lose it. And whoever, if he may lose his soul ...

Wednesday, 11 February 2026 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 16:25 “For whoever, if he may desire to save his soul, he will lose it. And whoever, if he may lose his soul because of Me, he will find it” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus said, “If any, he desires to come after Me, let him disown himself, and he took his cross, and he follows Me.” He now continues the sentiment, saying something similar to Matthew 10...

Tuesday, 10 February 2026 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. Matthew 16:24 “Then Jesus, He said to His disciples, ‘If any, he desires to come after Me, let him disown himself, and he took his cross, and he follows Me’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus turned and said to Peter to get behind Him because Peter was an offense to Him. Peter was being mindful of the things of men rather than God. Matth...

Monday, 9 February 2026 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” Matthew 16:23 “And, having turned, He said to Peter, ‘You withdraw behind Me, Satan! Snare, you are, to Me. For you think not these of God but these of men’” (CG). In the previous verse, Peter, without proper thought, admonished Jesus for His words concerning His destiny in Jerusalem. Because of his words, it now says o...

Sunday, 8 February 2026 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” Matthew 16:22 “And Peter, having clutched Him, he began to admonish Him, saying, ‘Propitious, to You, Lord! No, not it will be, this to You!’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples about the trials ahead for Him in Jerusalem, including being killed. He also told them about the resurrection on the third day. Peter, who had just stepped for...

Saturday, 7 February 2026 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. Matthew 16:21 “From then He began, Jesus, to show His disciples that it necessitates Him to depart to Jerusalem and to suffer many from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be roused” (CG). In the previous verse, Matthew said that Jesus ...

Friday, 6 February 2026 Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ. Matthew 16:20 “Then He enjoined His disciples that they should say to none that He, He is Jesus the Christ” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus explained to Peter what it meant to possess the keys of the kingdom of the heavens. Next, Matthew records, “Then He enjoined His disciples.” A new word is seen, diastelló, to enjoin. It is from dia, through, and stelló, to set fast. Thus,...

Thursday, 5 February 2026 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:19 “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens. And whatever, if you may bind upon the earth, it will be ‘having been bound’ in the heavens. And whatever, if you may loosen upon the earth, it will be ‘having been loosed’ in the heavens.” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus p...

Wednesday, 4 February 2026 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 “And I also, I say to you that you, you are Peter, and upon this – the Rock – I will build My out-calling, and Hades’ gates, not they will overpower her” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that Simon Bar-Jonah was blessed because it wasn’t flesh and blood that illuminated his proclamation. Rather, it was the Fath...

Tuesday, 3 February 2026 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 16:17 “And Jesus, answering, He said to him, ‘Blessed you are, Simon, Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood not it revealed to you, but My Father, the ‘in the heavens’” (CG). In the previous verse, Peter said to Jesus that He was the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew next records, “And Jesus, answering, He said ...

Monday, 2 February 2026 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16 “And answering, Simon Peter, he said, ‘You, You are the Christ, the Son of God, the living’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus, in a question bearing emphasis, asked the disciples who they say He is. A response is given in a similar emphatic form. Matthew begins this statement with, “And answering, Simon Peter, he said.” Simon Peter is generally the one to step forward and s...

Sunday, 1 February 2026 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Matthew 16:15 “He says to them, ‘And you, whom you say Me to be?’” (CG). In the previous verse, the disciples answered Jesus’ question concerning who people say He is. They answered, saying that some say John the Baptist or Elijah. Others, however, said He was Jeremiah or one of the prophets. Now that Jesus has been told the general speculation floating around about Him, “He says to them, ‘And you, whom you say Me to be?...

Saturday, 31 January 2026 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” Matthew 16:14 “And they said, ‘These, indeed, John the Immerser, and others Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus questioned His disciples concerning who men say He is. Matthew next records, “And they said, ‘These, indeed, John the Immerser.’” These words seem confused, just as with Herod’s words in Matthew 14:2, whe...

Friday, 30 January 2026 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” Matthew 16:13 “And Jesus, having come to the allotments – Caesarea, the Phillipi, He entreated His disciples, saying, ‘Whom they say, the men, Me to be, the Son of Man?’” (CG). In the previous verse, the disciples finally clued in to what Jesus was trying to teach them. His words about the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees were speaking...

Thursday, 29 January 2026 Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Matthew 16:12 “Then they comprehended that not He said to caution from the leaven – the bread, but from the teaching – the Pharisees and Sadducees” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus explicitly told the disciples that He didn’t speak to them about bread, but about the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. With His words spoken to them,...

Wednesday, 28 January 2026 How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?—but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Matthew 16:11 “How not you recollect that I spoke not concerning bread to you! Caution from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus continued His reminders to the disciples concerning His miracles, specifically the giving of the bread to four thousand, which was followed by collecting seven l...

Tuesday, 27 January 2026 Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? Matthew 16:10 “Nor the seven loaves – the four thousand, and how many hampers you took?” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus reminded the disciples about the five loaves of the five thousand, asking them to recollect how many handbaskets they had taken up. He next reminds them of the second feeding of a multitude, saying, “Nor the seven loaves – the four thousand.” If the chronology is a...

Monday, 26 January 2026 Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? Matthew 16:9 “You grasp, not yet, nor you recollect the five loaves – the five thousand, and how many handbaskets you took?” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus called the disciples little-faithed for thinking His words were about not having brought bread. Now, He continues His rebuke, saying, “You grasp, not yet, nor you recollect.” Two new words are seen here...

Sunday, 25 January 2026 But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you have brought no bread? Matthew 16:8 “And Jesus, having known, said to them, ‘Why – you deliberate in yourselves, little-faithed? Because you took no bread?’” (CG). In the previous verse, the disciples reasoned that Jesus’ words concerning the Pharisees and Sadducees were because they had taken no bread. Matthew continues the narrative with, “And Jesus, hav...

Saturday, 24 January 2026 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have taken no bread.” Matthew 16:7 “And they deliberated in themselves, saying, ‘Because not we took bread!’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus said to the disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Because of Jesus’ words, not understanding the metaphor He spoke to them, Matthew records, “And they deliberated in themselves.” A new word, dialogizomai, to reckon thoroughly, is seen....