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>> A harmonized reading of all three shows that Jesus was not referring to St. Peter as the devil.<<

Matt 16:23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan (Satana)! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." Satana
Definition: an adversary, Satan.

Now lets look at what other word Jesus could have used.

Antidikos
Short Definition: an opponent, adversary

But he didn’t use a different word for “adversary” or any other word He could have used to indicate what He meant. He used the same word He used when addressing Satan himself.

Matthew 4:10 Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan (Satana)! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”

Interesting that!

"Now lets look at what other word Jesus could have used."

So is it your contention that the conversation was not only recorded in Greek 30+ years after it occurred but actually took place in Greek?

Satana, “Satan,” derives from the Aramaic root sata, and means “to slip,” “to slide,” “to deceive,” “to miss the mark,” and “to cause one to be misled or go astray.” In Aramaic, calling an individual a “satan” means that the person is going astray or misleads. To use your reasoning, if Jesus had intended to refer to St. Peter as the devil the words he could have used were Lucifer, Beelzebub, Ahriman, Mephistopheles, or Phosphoros.

Peace be with you