July 5, 2020

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

¹³ Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” ¹⁴ And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” ¹⁵ He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” ¹⁶ Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” ¹⁷ And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸ And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock^[a] I will build my church, and the gates of hell^[b] shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed^[c] in heaven.” ²⁰ Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.

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Footnotes

Matthew 16:18 The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar Matthew 16:18 Greek the gates of Hades Matthew 16:19 Or shall have been bound… shall have been loosed

Cross references

Matthew 16:13 : For ver. 13-16, see Mark 8:27-29; Luke 9:18-20 Matthew 16:14 : ch. 14:2; Mark 6:14; Luke 9:7 Matthew 16:14 : Mark 6:15; Luke 9:8; [ch. 17:10; Mark 9:11; John 1:21] Matthew 16:16 : John 11:27 Matthew 16:16 : See ch. 1:17 Matthew 16:16 : See ch. 14:33 Matthew 16:16 : Deut. 5:26; Josh. 3:10; Ps. 42:2; Jer. 10:10; Dan. 6:20; Hos. 1:10; Acts 14:15; 2 Cor. 3:3; 1 Tim. 4:10 Matthew 16:17 : [ch. 13:16] Matthew 16:17 : [John 1:42; 21:15-17] Matthew 16:17 : 1 Cor. 15:50; Gal. 1:16 (Gk.); Eph. 6:12; Heb. 2:14 Matthew 16:17 : 1 Cor. 2:10; 12:3; [ch. 11:25; John 6:45] Matthew 16:18 : [ch. 10:2; John 1:42] Matthew 16:18 : Eph. 2:20; Rev. 21:14; [ch. 7:24] Matthew 16:18 : Job 38:17; Isa. 38:10 Matthew 16:18 : See ch. 11:23 Matthew 16:19 : [Isa. 22:22; Rev. 1:18; 3:7] Matthew 16:19 : [ch. 18:18; John 20:23] Matthew 16:20 : Mark 8:30; Luke 9:21; [ch. 17:9]; See ch. 12:16

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