"Get behind me, Satan", or "Go away, Satan", and in older translations such as the
King James Version
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an Bible translations into English, English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and publis ...
"Get thee behind me, Satan", is a saying of Jesus in the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
. It is first attested in , where Jesus is addressing
Peter
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
; this is retold in (, ''Hypage opisō mou, Satana''). In the
temptation of Jesus
The temptation of Christ is a biblical narrative detailed in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. After being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus was tempted by the devil after 40 days and nights of fasting in the Judaean Desert. At the time, ...
, in Matthew 4 and , Jesus rebukes "the tempter" (Greek: ὁ πειραζῶν, ho peirazōn) or "the devil" (Greek: ὁ διάβολος, ho diabolos) with the same phrase.
[Rev. Walter Balfour (1776–1852) ''An inquiry into the Scriptural doctrine concerning the devil and Satan'' 1826 "The expression "get thee behind me satan," is the same that our Lord used, Luke iv. 8. when he was tempted of the devil and satan. There is nothing at all remarkable in calling Peter satan, as David and the angel of the Lord were called so in the Old Testament. " Get thee behind me, adversary " was highly proper language, for Peter was our Lord's adversary, not from design, but from ignorance"]
See also
* ''
Vade retro satana
(Ecclesiastical Latin for "Go back, Satan" or "Step back, Satan", "Back off, Satan") is a medieval Western Christian formula for exorcism, recorded in a 1415 manuscript found in the Benedictine Metten Abbey in Bavaria; its origin is traditional ...
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References
Sayings of Jesus
Satan in Bible verses
Saint Peter
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