KJV King James Version
He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
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Luke 9:20
He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
WEB World English Bible
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he said to them, ‘And ye—who do ye say me to be?’ and Peter answering said, ‘The Christ of God.’
Surrounding context — Luke 9
17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some [say], Elias; and others [say], that one of the old prophets is risen again.
20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded [them] to tell no man that thing;
22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
23 And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
εἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayδὲG1161 · dethenαὐτοῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heὑμεῖςG4771 · suyouδὲG1161 · dethenτίναG5101 · tiswhich?μεG3165 · memeλέγετεG3004 · legōto sayεἶναι;G1511 · einaito existΠέτροςG4074 · PetrosPeterδὲG1161 · dethenἀποκριθεὶςG611 · apokrinōto answerεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoχριστὸνG5547 · ChristosChristτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦ.G2316 · theosGod
Cross-references
Matthew 16:15-17He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?John 7:41Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?John 4:29Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?John 1:49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.John 6:68-69Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.John 20:31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.John 4:42And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard [him] ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.John 1:41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.Acts 17:3Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.Acts 9:22But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.Mark 8:29And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.John 11:27She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.Matthew 5:47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the publicans so?Luke 22:67Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:Mark 14:61But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?Matthew 22:42Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, [The Son] of David.1 John 5:1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.Acts 8:36And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
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