He straitly charged [ε π ι τ ι μ η σ α ς]. The word implies an emphatic, solemn charge; its meaning being, strictly, to lay a penalty upon one, and thence, to charge under penalty.

No man [μ η δ ε ν ι]. The conditional negative : no man, whoever he might be.

22 - 27. Compare Matthew 16:21-28; Mark 8:31-38; Mark 9:1.

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