Matthew 16:13-19

13Peter Declares His Faith in Jesus Mark 8:27-30; Luke 9:18-21When Jesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”Mark 8:27; Luke 9:18

14They said, “Some say
16:1

4 The Gk. lacks say
John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.Matt 14:2; Luke 9:7-9

15He said to them, “But who do you say I am?”

16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ,
I.e. the Messiah
the Son of the living God!”Matt 14:33; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20; John 6:69; 11:27; Acts 8:37; 9:20; Heb 1:2, 5; 1John 4:15; 5:5

17Then Jesus said to him, “How blessed are you, Simon, son of John!
Gk. Bariona
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven has.1Cor 2:10; Gal 1:16; Eph 2:8
18I tell you that you are Peter,
Gk. Petros
and it is on this rock
Gk. petra
that I will build my church, and the forces of hell
Lit. gates of Hades, a reference to the realm of the dead
will not overpower it.Job 38:17; Ps 9:13; 107:18; Isa 38:10; John 1:42; Eph 2:20; Rev 21:14
19I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited
Or will be prohibited
in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted
Or will be permitted
in heaven.”Matt 18:18; John 20:23

Mark 8:27-29

27Peter Declares His Faith in Jesus Matthew 16:13-20; Luke 9:18-21Then Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he was asking his disciples, “Who do people say I am?”Matt 16:13; Luke 9:18

28They answered him, “Some say
The Gk. lacks Some say
John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the prophets.”Matt 14:2

29Then he began to ask them, “But who do you say I am?”

Peter answered him, “You are the Christ!”
I.e. the Messiah
Matt 16:6; John 6:69; 11:27
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