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Mark 8:28 KJV
Mark · chapter 8 · verse 28
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.Mark 8:28 · King James Version
Mark 8:28 in context
26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
27And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
28And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
29And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- Baptistbaptistēsa baptiser, one who administers the rite of baptism, the surname of John, the forerunner…G910 →
- othersallosanother, otherG243 →
- EliasēliasElijah = " my God is Jehovah" , a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching…G2243 →
- JohniōannēsJohn = " Jehovah is a gracious giver" , John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias…G2491 →
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We have read a great deal of the doctrine Christ preached, and the miracles he wrought, which were many, and strange, and well-attested, of various kinds, and wrought in several places, to the astonishment of the multitudes that were eye-witnesses of them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-38