Mark 8:28
They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others say that yoʋ are one of the prophets.”
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
In Context
29He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “Yoʋ are the Christ.”
Cross References
Matthew 16:14They said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others say that yoʋ are Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Mark 9:11Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
John 1:21So they asked him, “What then? Are yoʋ Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are yoʋ the Prophet?” 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 →