where this, this mission they are all on together, where this is all headed. Like any good teacher, he begins with a question: "Who do people say that I am?" which leads to another, more important question: "Who do you say that I am?"  Peter gets the answer right, "You are the Messiah!"  But Jesus sternly tells them all not to say that word, that politically charged word.  You see, people were looking for a messiah.  The prophets promised that a savior would come, and rescue the people from the rule of foreign oppressors.  The messiah was supposed to come and lead a military campaign against Rome, remove the empire, and begin to reign over Israel.  The word had weight. What Jesus says next is confounding.  He admits to being the messiah, and then says that the messiah must die.  Peter, ever the good student, pulls him aside.  Notice, Peter pulls him off the path.  He takes him off the road for a moment.  Peter was the first one with the right answer before, and he's ready to explain to the teacher that the teacher has it wrong.  That's not how it goes.  The messiah doesn't die.  The messiah reigns on high, triumphant!  Jesus responds with that famous stinging retort: "Get behind me Satan." "Get behind me Satan."  The words call Peter a tempter.  That's the literal translation of satan, "the tempter."  The role of the devil is specific in the Hebrew and Arabic mind.  That tempting is a common