Mark 8:28

14. And they said, Some [say,] John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others,. Jeremiah, or one of the pro phets. 15. He saith to them, But who do you say that I am? 16. And Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17. And Jesus answer ing said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona ;2 for flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18. But I say to thee, That thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church ; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; and what soever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. MARK. VIII. 27. And Jesus departed, and his disciples, into the villages of Cesarea, which is called Phi lippi; and by the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am? 28. And they re plied, John the Baptist; and some, Elijah; and others, One of the prophets. 29. And he saith to them, But who do you say that I am? And Peter answering saith to him, Thou art the Christ. LUKE. IX. 18. And it happened, when he was alone praying, his disciples also were with him, and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am? 19. And they an swering said, John the Bap tist; and others, Elijah; and others, that one of the ancient prophets hath risen. 20. And he said to them, And who do you say that I am? Simon Peter an swering said, The Christ of God.

8:27-33 These things are written, that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. These miracles of our Lord assure us that he was not conquered, but a Conqueror. Now the disciples are convinced that Jesus is the Christ; they may bear to hear of his sufferings, of which Christ here begins to give them notice. He sees that amiss in what we say and do, of which we ourselves are not aware, and knows what manner of spirit we are of, when we ourselves do not. The wisdom of man is folly, when it pretends to limit the Divine counsels. Peter did not rightly understand the nature of Christ's kingdom.

And they answered,.... That some said he was John the Baptist; which was the opinion of Herod, and others: but some say Elias; that is the "Tishbite", whom the Jews in general expected in person before the coming of the Messiah and imagined that Jesus was he: and others one of the prophets; as Jeremiah or Isaiah or some other. The Vulgate Latin reads, "as one of the prophets"; and so Beza's ancient copy as in Mark 6:15. All spake highly and honourably of him: the people in common did not look upon him as a mean person; they perceived by his doctrine and more especially by his miracles that he was an extraordinary one: the several persons which they differently took him to be and make mention of were such as were of great repute; as John the Baptist, who had lately, been among them and whom all held to be a prophet, and indeed was more than a prophet; and Elias who was so very zealous for the Lord of hosts and wrought many miracles in his day; and whose coming the Jews were in expectation of to usher in the Messiah; and none thought him less than one of the prophets; and all agreed he was an uncommon man; even one raised from the dead as he must be, if he was John the Baptist or Elias or one of the old prophets; but they knew him not at least did not confess him to be the Messiah; he not appearing as a temporal prince, they were taught to believe he would be; See Gill on Matthew 16:14.

Mark 8:28 . οἱ δὲ εἰπαν α . λέγοντες , they said, saying; tautology, somewhat like the vulgar English idiom: He said, says he; fixing attention on what is said.— Ἰωάννην τ . Β .: the accusative depending on λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποί σε εἰναι understood. This infinitive construction passes into direct speech in the last clause: ὅτι εἷς ( εἶ ) τ . προφητῶν . The opinions reported are much the same as in Mark 6:14-15 .

28 . they answered ] In this answer we have the explanation, which common rumour, in His own days, offered of His marvellous works. (1) Some, like the guilty Herod, said He was John the Baptist risen from the dead; (2) others that He was Elijah, who, like Enoch, had never died, but was taken up bodily to heaven and had now returned as Malachi predicted ( Mark 4:5 ); (3) others that He was Jeremiah ( Matthew 16:14 ), who was expected to inaugurate the reign of the Messiah; (4) others again that He was one of the “old prophets” ( Luke 9:19 ). But they did not add that any regarded Him as the Messiah. Mark 8:28

[Bible] 8:26. And he sent him into his house, saying: Go into thy house, and if thou enter into the town, tell nobody. 8:27. And Jesus went out, and his disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And in the way, he asked his disciples, saying to them: Whom do men say that I am? 8:28. Who answered him, saying: John the Baptist; but some Elias, and others as one of the prophets. 8:29. Then he saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Peter answering said to him: Thou art the Christ. 8:30. And he strictly charged them that they should not tell any man of him. 8:31. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the ancients and by the high priests and the scribes: and be killed and after three days rise again. 8:32. And he spoke the word openly. And Peter taking him began to rebuke him. 8:33. Who turning about and seeing his disciples, threatened Peter, saying: Go behind me, Satan, because thou savourest not the things that are of God but that are of men. 8:34. And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 8:35. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel shall save it. 8:36. For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? 8:37. Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul: 8:38. For he that shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation: the Son of man also will be ashamed of him, when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. 8:39. And he said to them: Amen f say to you that there are some of them that stand here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God coming in power. Mark Chapter 9 Christ is transfigured. He casts out the dumb spirit. He teaches humility and to avoid scandal.

And having looked up, he said, I behold men, for I see [them], as trees, walking. Then he laid his hands again upon his eyes, and he saw distinctly, and was restored and saw all things clearly. And he sent him to his house, saying, Neither enter into the village, nor tell [it] to any one in the village. And Jesus went forth and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea-Philippi. And by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am? And they answered him, saying, John the baptist; and others, Elias; but others, One of the prophets. And he asked them, But ye, who do ye say that I am? And Peter answering says to him, Thou art the Christ. And he charged them straitly, in order that they should tell no man about him. And 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 of the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise [again]. And he spoke the thing openly. And Peter, taking him to [him], began to rebuke him. But he, turning round and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Get away behind me, Satan, for thy mind is not on the things that are of God, but on the things that are of men. And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

29. And lie saitli nnto tlieni, Ihit wliom say ye tliat I am? And Peter answereth and saitli nnto him, Thou art the Christ. In contradistinction from these popidar impressions he demands of them, his personal attendants and more confidential followers, in what light they regarded him. As if he had said. ' these are the vague ideas of the multitude; but it is tinie to draw the line between them and yourselves by making a profession of your faith.' L'ut ye — ichom do yc 8ay {OT 2>ronounce) mc to he? Peter answers for the rest, not only