But who say ye that I am? (υμεις δε τινα με λεγετε ειναι?). This is what matters and what Jesus wanted to hear. Note emphatic posi…

Who do you say? —The pronoun is doubly emphasized in the Greek: “But you—who do you say...?” The question is, as…

This is a far more searching question. Our personal thoughts of Jesus touch a vital point. Our Lord presupposes that His disciples would not have t…

Glossa Ordinaria: As soon as the Lord had taken His disciples away from the teaching of the Pharisees, He then suitably procee…

The “you” is emphatic and plural (v.15). Therefore, at least in part, Peter serves as spokesman for the Twelve (as he often does: cf. 15:15–16; 19:…

But who do you say that I am? Here Christ distinguishes His disciples from the rest of the crowd, to make it more fully evident that, what…

Without taking any further notice, or making any reflections on the differ…

Peter, speaking for himself and his brothers, said that they were assured that our Lord was the promised Messiah, the Son of the living God. This s…

Above, the Lord taught that the Gospel teaching ought to be kept pure from the leaven of the Jews; now here He teaches the exalted nature of His do…