Mark 8:29

Then He asked them pointedly, "But you yourselves, who do you say that I am?" "You are the Christ," answered Peter.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

In Context

28"John the Baptist," they replied, "but others say Elijah, and others, that it is one of the Prophets."

30And He strictly forbad them to tell this about Him to any one.

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Cross References

Mark 4:11"To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

John 1:41He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" --that is to say, the Anointed One.

John 6:69And we have come to believe and know that *you* are indeed the Holy One of God."

Acts 8:36So they proceeded on their way till they came to some water; and the eunuch exclaimed, "See, here is water; what is there to prevent my being baptized?"

1 Peter 2:7To you believers, therefore, that honour belongs; but for unbelievers-- "A Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone,"

1 John 5:1Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father loves also Him who is the Father's Child.

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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