{Spake the saying openly} (parr(8873)i(8369) ton logon elalei). He
held back nothing, told it all (p(836e), all, 
(8873)ia, from
eipon, say), without reserve, to all of them. Imperfect tense
elalei shows that Jesus did it repeatedly. Mark alone gives
this item. Mark does not give the great eulogy of Peter in  Mt
16:17,19  after his confession ( Mr 8:29  Mt 16:16  Lu 9:20 ),
but he does tell the stinging rebuke given Peter by Jesus on this
occasion. See discussion on 烘t 16:21,26|.