Luke 9:20
New International Version
“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”

New Living Translation
Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter replied, “You are the Messiah sent from God!”

English Standard Version
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

Berean Standard Bible
“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

Berean Literal Bible
And He said to them, "But whom do you pronounce Me to be?" And Peter answering said, "The Christ of God."

King James Bible
He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

New King James Version
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

NASB 1995
And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

NASB 1977
And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

Amplified Bible
And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter replied, “The Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God!”

Christian Standard Bible
“But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am? ” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah!”

American Standard Version
And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But he said to them, “Who is it you are saying that I am?” Shimeon answered and he said, “The Messiah of God.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus then asked, "But who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Messiah sent from God."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answering, said: The Christ of God.

English Revised Version
And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He asked them, "But who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, whom God has sent."

Good News Translation
"What about you?" he asked them. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are God's Messiah."

International Standard Version
He asked them, "But who do you say I am?" "God's Messiah," Peter replied.

Literal Standard Version
and He said to them, “And you—who do you say I am?” And Peter answering said, “The Christ of God.”

Majority Standard Bible
“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

New American Bible
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Messiah of God.”

NET Bible
Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God."

New Revised Standard Version
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Messiah of God.”

New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God."

Webster's Bible Translation
He said to them, But who say ye that I am? Peter answering, said, Christ of God.

Weymouth New Testament
"But you," He asked, "who do you say that I am?" "God's Anointed One," replied Peter.

World English Bible
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

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.'

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Context
Peter's Confession of Christ
19They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.” 20“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” 21Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.…

Cross References
Luke 9:19
They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen."

John 6:68
Simon Peter replied, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 6:69
We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God."


Treasury of Scripture

He said to them, But whom say you that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

whom.

Matthew 5:47
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Matthew 16:15
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

Matthew 22:42
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

The.

Luke 22:67
Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

Matthew 16:16,17
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God…

Matthew 26:63
But 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.

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Luke 9
1. Jesus sends his apostles to work miracles, and to preach.
7. Herod desires to see Jesus.
10. The apostles return.
12. Jesus feeds five thousand;
18. inquires what opinion the world had of him; foretells his passion;
23. proposes to all the pattern of his patience.
28. The transfiguration.
37. He heals the lunatic;
43. again forewarns his disciples of his passion;
46. commends humility;
51. bids them to show mildness toward all, without desire of revenge.
57. Many would follow him, but upon conditions.














(20) The Christ of God.--This precise form of expression is peculiar to St. Luke. It agrees substantially with "the Lord's Christ" of the song of Simeon (Luke 2:26).

Verse 20. - But whom say ye that I am Peter answering said, The Christ of God. And the Master listened, apparently without comment, to this reply, which told him what the people said of him, and then went on, "But you, my disciples, who have been ever with he, what say, what think you about me?" Peter, as the representative of the others in that little chosen company, answers, "We believe that thou art more than any prophet or national hero or forerunner of the Messiah; we think that thou art the Messiah himself."' Dr. Morrison very beautifully pictures the disciples' state of mind at this juncture. "No doubt the true light on the subject had often gleamed through the darkness of their minds (see John 1:29, 33, 34, 41, 45, 49, etc.). But, though gleam succeeded gleam, in flashes that revealed the Illimitable, the darkness would ever, more or less, close in again. They could not altogether help it. They were witnesses of a 'humiliation' which they could not reconcile with the notions they had inherited in reference to the power and pomp of the Messiah. And yet it was evident that he was entirely unlike all other rabbis. He was the Master of masters, and a mystery over and above. An inner lustre was continually breaking through. It was glorious; it was unique. His character was transcendently noble and pure. He had not, moreover, obtruded self-assertions on them. He had left them, in a great measure, to observe for themselves; and they had been observing." It was, indeed, on the part of these feeble disciples a pure and lofty expression of the effect produced on their hearts by Jesus Christ's teaching. But though these men, afterwards so great, had attained to this grand conception of their adored Master, though they alone, among the crowds, through the sad coloured veil of his low estate, could see shining the glory of Divinity, yet they could not grasp yet the conception of a suffering Messiah, and in spite of all the teaching of the Master, the cross and the Passion made them unbelievers again. It needed the Resurrection to complete the education of faith.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
“But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

who
τίνα (tina)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

{do} you
Ὑμεῖς (Hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

say
λέγετε (legete)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

I
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

am?”
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

He asked.
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

Peter
Πέτρος (Petros)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4074: Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle.

replied,
ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“The
Τὸν (Ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Christ
Χριστὸν (Christon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

of God.”
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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