Matthew 16:22

Peter took him. Literally, “Peter took him to himself,” implying that he took Jesus off to one side to talk to Him.

Began to rebuke him. Peter “began,” but Jesus stopped him before he could finish. Later, Peter’s boldness was again in evidence when he took the sword in an attempt to defend Jesus (see John 18:10; cf. Matt. 26:33-35).

Be it far from thee. A common Jewish idiom translated into Greek and meaning “God be merciful to thee.” Peter could not understand how the Messiah would suffer; the idea of a “Messiah” and a “suffering Servant” seemed irreconcilable in his mind (cf. Isa. 52:13 to 53:1). By his protest Peter revealed his own selfishness. He wanted to follow Jesus, but did not relish the idea of being associated with a program destined to lead to suffering and death (see DA 415, 416; see on Matt. 16:24, 25).

This shall not be. In the Greek there is a double negative, an emphatic way of saying, “In no case shall this be.”