Matthew 16:17 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:17

Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

KJV

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 17.) But Jesus answered and said to him: Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. The Apostles answer on behalf of Jesus. Peter had said: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God; a true confession has received a reward: Blessed are you, Simon Barjona. Why? because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but the Father revealed it. What flesh and blood could not reveal, has been revealed by the grace of the Holy Spirit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And Jesus answered and said unto him,.... Not waiting for any other declaration from them; but taking this to be the sense of them all, he said, blessed art thou Simon Bar Jona, or son of Jona, or Jonas, as in Joh 1:42. His father's name was Jonah, whence he was so called: so we read (i) of R. Bo bar Jonah, and of a Rabbi of this very name (k), ר שמעון בר יונא, Rabbi Simeon bar Jona; for Simon and Simeon are one, and the same name.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, The revealing of Christ to us and in us is a distinguishing token of God's good will, and a firm foundation of true happiness; and blessed are they that are thus highly favoured. Perhaps Christ discerned something of pride and vain-glory in Peter's confession; a subtle sin, and which is apt to mingle itself even with our good duties.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona - Or Simon, son of Jonah; so Bar-jonah should be translated, and so it is rendered by our Lord, Joh 1:42. Flesh and blood - i.e. Man; - no human being hath revealed this; and though the text is literal enough, yet every body should know that this is a Hebrew periphrasis for man; and the literal translation of it here, and in Gal 1:16, has misled thousands, who suppose that flesh and blood signify carnal reason, as it is termed, or the unregenerate principle in man.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

(1888)

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀποκριθεὶς	Apokritheis	Answering	G611 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
μακάριος	makarios	Blessed	G3107 →
εἶ,	ei	are you,	G1510 →
Σίμων	Simōn	Simon	G4613 →
Βαριωνᾶ,	Bariōna	Barjona!	G920 →
ὅτι	hoti	For	G3754 →
σὰρξ	sarx	flesh	G4561 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αἷμα	haima	blood	G129 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἀπεκάλυψέν	apekalupsen	revealed [it]	G601 →
σοι	soi	to you	G4771 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατήρ	patēr	Father	G3962 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
ὁ	ho	who [is]	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
οὐρανοῖς.	ouranois	heavens.	G3772 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
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- Isaiah 54:13
  Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- Jeremiah 31:33–34
  “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
- Hebrews 10:16
  “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
- Hebrews 8:10–11
  For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9
  Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
Through
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
leads to
- John 17:3
  Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- Luke 24:45
  Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- John 14:9
  Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the…