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Mark 8:29 KJV
Mark · chapter 8 · verse 29
And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.Mark 8:29 · King James Version
Mark 8:29 in context
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.
31And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answerethapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- PeterpetrosPeter = " a rock or a stone" , one of the twelve disciples of JesusG4074 →
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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