Luk 9:18-20 | ESV | STEP | Now it happened that as he was praying alone , the disciples were with him . And he asked them , Who do the crowds say that I am ?

aFor ver. 18-20, see Matt. 16:13-16; Mark 8:27-29

c ver. 8; Mark 6:15; [Matt. 17:10; Mark 9:11; John 1:21]

d ch. 23:35; Acts 3:18; Rev. 12:10; See Matt. 1:17

Luke 9:18-20

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

18 ^aNow it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19 And they answered, ^b“John the Baptist. But others say, ^cElijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.” 20 Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, ^d“The Christ of God.”