8:32
Again we can see Peter’s influence in Mark’s gospel as it makes clear here that Jesus spoke quite clearly about His suffering. Peter is about to get things absolutely wrong, and Mark’s account makes it clear that this was Peter’s fault, there was no case for Peter misunderstanding what Jesus said, or any ambiguity in Jesus’ words. Peter heard exactly what Jesus said, understood what Jesus had said, and Peter rebuked Jesus. Remember also that Peter has just declared that Jesus is the Messiah, so Peter is rebuking the Messiah.
8:33
Jesus, as would be expected of a rabbi, was walking ahead of the disciples and turned round to rebuke Peter. “Get behind me Satan!” Peter had made the statement, but Jesus knew that it was Satan who was behind it all. This does not mean that Peter was not responsible for what he thought and said, he was entirely responsible, but Satan was also working through it. If we say or, even worse, teach things that are contrary to Scripture we should be aware that Satan is working through us, so we should be very careful about what we teach. “You have in mind the things of man, not of God”. The gospel is a God driven enterprise, not a man driven enterprise. Yet so often the church will adopt man’s “wisdom” and reject God’s ways. How foolish we can be!
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