Get Behind Me, Satan: Mark 8:31-38

The confession had barely faded when Jesus began to teach them something they could not bear to hear.

"The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and after three days rise again."

He spoke plainly—no parables, no riddles. Suffering. Rejection. Death. Rising.

Peter pulled Jesus aside, perhaps thinking to correct a momentary lapse in the Master's optimism. He began to rebuke him. Peter rebuking Jesus—the audacity is staggering.