Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ
Matthew 16:13–28; Mark 8:27–38; Luke 9:18–27
Near Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked his disciples who they said he was. Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” From then on Jesus began to tell them that he must suffer, be killed, and rise on the third day.
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:16 (World English Bible)
Jesus said that Peter had not learned this from people but from his Father in heaven, and that on this rock he would build his church (Matthew 16:17–18). But when Peter rebuked him for speaking of his death, Jesus rebuked Peter in turn, and taught that anyone who would follow him must take up his cross.
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Dating notes
Ussher: AD 32, in the months between the third Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles. The month shown is estimated from the order of events in Ussher's harmony, so that events of the same year appear in sequence.