"Get behind me, Satan", or "Go away, Satan", and in older translations such as the

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"Get thee behind me, Satan", is a saying of Jesus in the

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. It is first attested in , where Jesus is addressing

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; 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 ...

, 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"

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Sayings of Jesus Satan in Bible verses Saint Peter {{Bible-stub

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