Certainly He did not mean less than that they should believe He was the Messiah, and should accept Him as such.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Some of these were far from anxious to accept it.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
It would mean help from his Uncle Peter, and that would mean taking a place in his uncle's bank, which had already been offered him, but which he did not want, which he would not accept if he did want it.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine