Get thee behind me, Satan

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1. The reply of Jesus when Satan offered him all the kingdoms of the world if Jesus would worship him. Jesus spoke these words on another occasion. He told his disciples that he would have to be killed and then raised from the dead, and Peter objected that this should not happen. Jesus saw Peter as a tempter, trying to talk him out of doing what he was put on Earth to do. He then spoke the same words, “Get thee behind me, Satan,” to Peter.

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Get thee behind me, Satan

In Pravda and Red Fleet, famed Soviet Author Leonid Sobolev tackled the Get thee behind me, Satan problem with humor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well for her if she had, and had answered it with that solemn, all-powerful "Get thee behind me, Satan."

From Ester Ried by Pansy

But Jesus turned and said unto Peter, "Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offense unto me, for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men."

From The Master's Indwelling by Andrew Murray

But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, "Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men."

From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall

But Jesus said, "Get thee behind me, Satan."

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke