KJV King James Version
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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Matthew 16:16
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
WEB World English Bible
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Simon Peter answering said, ‘Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 16
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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ἈποκριθεὶςG611 · apokrinōto answerδὲG1161 · dethenΣίμωνG4613 · SimōnSimonΠέτροςG4074 · PetrosPeterεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayσὺG4771 · suyouεἶG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoχριστὸςG5547 · ChristosChristὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱὸςG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoζῶντος.¶G2198 · zaōto live
Cross-references
Matthew 14:33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.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.1 John 4:15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.Matthew 27:54Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.1 Timothy 4:10For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.Acts 9:20And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;Matthew 26:63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.1 John 5:5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?Romans 1:4And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:Hebrews 10:31[It is] a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.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?Hebrews 1:2-5Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;Psalm 2:7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.Daniel 6:26I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he [is] the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion [shall be even] unto the end.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.Deuteronomy 5:26For who [is there of] all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we [have], and lived?John 1:49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
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