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Matthew 16:13–16

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Peter Confesses Jesus Is the Christ

13aNow when Jesus came into the district of bCaesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, saying, “Who do people say that cthe Son of Man is?”

14And they said, “Some say aJohn the Baptist; and others, 1bElijah; but still others, 2Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

15He *said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

16And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are 1athe Christ, bthe Son of cthe living God.”

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Matthew 16:16: Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Footnotes

  1. 1Gr Elias
  2. 2Gr Jeremias
  3. *Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.
  4. 1The Messiah

Cross references

  1. aMatt 16:13–16: Mark 8:27–29; Luke 9:18–20
  2. bMark 8:27
  3. cMatt 8:20; 16:27, 28
  4. aMatt 14:2
  5. bMatt 17:10; Mark 6:15; Luke 9:8; John 1:21
  6. aMatt 1:16; 16:20; John 11:27
  7. bMatt 4:3
  8. cPs 42:2; Matt 26:63; Acts 14:15; Rom 9:26; 2 Cor 3:3; 6:16; 1 Thess 1:9; 1 Tim 3:15; 4:10; Heb 3:12; 9:14; 10:31; 12:22; Rev 7:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

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

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

NLTNew Living Translation

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

“Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”

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

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now when Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he began asking his disciples, saying, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!”

KJV 1900King James Version

When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.