PETER’S CONFESSION OF THE MESSIAH

27 Jesusc went out with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

28 They answered him, “John the Baptist;d others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”e

29 “But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

Peterf answered him, “You are the Messiah.”g 30 And he strictly warnedh them to tell no one about him.