Peter’s Confession of the Messiah

¹³ When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,^[a](A) he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is? ’^[b]

¹⁴ They replied, ‘Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’^(B)

¹⁵ ‘But you,’ he asked them, ‘who do you say that I am? ’

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.’^(C)

¹⁷ Jesus responded, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,^[c](D) because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.^{(E) 18} And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church,^(F) and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. ¹⁹ I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,^(G) and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound^[d] in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed^[e] in heaven.’ ²⁰ Then he gave the disciples orders to tell no one that he was^[f] the Messiah.^(H)

Peter’s Confession of the Messiah

¹⁸ While he was praying in private^(A) and his disciples were with him, he asked them, ‘Who do the crowds say that I am? ’

¹⁹ They answered, ‘John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.’^[a](B)

²⁰ ‘But you,’ he asked them, ‘who do you say that I am? ’

Peter answered, ‘God’s Messiah.’^(C)