Mark 8:28

So they answered, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

In Context

27Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He was questioning His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men pronounce Me to be?”

29He said to them, “But who do you pronounce Me to be?” Peter answered and said to Him, “You are the Christ.”

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Cross References

Matthew 16:14So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others say Elijah, and yet others say Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

Mark 9:11And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

John 1:21And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:28-38

Peter's Enlightened Testimony; Peter Rebuked. 27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cæsarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the… Read the whole commentary →

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