Matthew 16:14
"Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah; others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
15"But you, who do you say that I am?" He asked again.
Cross References
Matthew 14:2and he said to his courtiers, "This is John the Baptist: he has come back to life--and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him."
Mark 6:15Others asserted that He was Elijah. Others again said, "He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets."
Luke 9:8by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some one of the ancient Prophets had come back to life.
John 1:21"What then?" they inquired; "are you Elijah?" "I am not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.
John 7:40After listening to these discourses, some of the crowd began to say, "This is beyond doubt the Prophet."
Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:14-21
Christ's Conference with His Disciples. 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood… Read the whole commentary →