Pomwe Jezu akhapfunzisa wanthu ku mphimpha ya ku Kaesarea wa ku Firipo, komwe kukhatalikirana makilometro 25 na phiri la Herimoni, iye adalewa bzinthu bzomwe bzidadabwisa apostolo wace. Iye adauza apostolowo kuti: ‘Cadidi ndinkukuuzani kuti: Winango omwe ali pano, an’dzafa lini mpaka kudzawona Mwana wa Munthu ankubwera mu Umambo bwace.’—Mateu 16:28.

Pinango apostolowo adabzibvunza kuti Jezuyo akhafuna kulewa ciyani. Tsono pambuyo pa mdzinga m’bodzi, Jezu adatenga apostolo wace atatu, Pedru, Tiyago na Juwau, acikwira nawo phiri litali. Bzinkuwoneka kuti bukhali usiku, thangwe apostolowo akhana tulo. Ndipo, pomwe Jezu akhapemba, iye adasandulika pamaso pa anyakupfunzawo. Anyakupfunzawo adawona nkhope ya Jezu ikuyetima ninga dzuwa, ndipo bzakubvala bzace bzikhadacena ninga ceza.

Matsomphenya yale yadalimbisa kwene-kwene Jezu pabodzi na apostolowo! Yadalatiza mbiri yomwe Jezu an’dzakhala yano mu Umambo bwace. Tenepo, ni mwa njira imweyi momwe apostolowo adawonera ‘Mwana wa Munthu ankubwera mu Umambo bwace,’ ninga momwe iye akhadawauzira. (Mateu 16:28) Pa nthawe yomwe apostolowo akhali pa phiri pale, iwo ‘adawona na maso yawo umbiri’ bwa Jezu. Napo Afarizeu akhafuna kuti Jezu awawonese cizindikiro cakuti iye akhali Mambo wakusankhulidwa na Mulungu, iye alibe kuwalatiza cizindikiro ciri-cense. Tsono anyakupfunza wa Jezu adapasidwa mwayi wakuwona mbiri yace, bzomwe bzidawatsimikizira kuti mapiciro yakulewa bza Umambo yan’dzakwanisika. Ndipopa nakupita kwa nthawe, Pedru adadzanemba kuti: ‘Tinayo mafala ya polofesiya yakutsimikizika.’—2 Pedru 1:16-19.