Matthew 16:14 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:14

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

KJV

And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 14.) But they said: Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. Jesus says to them, I wonder that some interpreters seek the reasons for each individual's errors, and weave a lengthy argument about why some thought that our Lord Jesus Christ was John, others Elijah, others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. If they could be mistaken about Elijah and Jeremiah, how did Herod mistake John, saying: I myself beheaded John, he has risen from the dead, and powers are at work in him (Mark 6:16).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And they said, some say that thou art John the Baptist,.... It was the opinion of some of the Jews, that he was John the Baptist risen from the dead. This notion was spread, and prevailed in Herod's court, and he himself, at last, gave into it.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Jeremiah, or one of the prophets - There was at that time a current tradition among the Jews, that either Jeremiah, or some other of the ancient prophets would rise again before the Messiah came.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2041: “Jesus Known by Personal Revelation” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1888)

THIS is one of the earliest places in the New Testament in which we find any mention of the Church. Jesus says, in verse eighteen, "I will build My Church." It is very significant that our Lord should connect with the Church the right idea of Himself. In our text we have the test question which must be put to everyone who is to be admitted into the assembly of the Lord—"Whom do you say that I am?" The first question to be put to one who would join the Church is, "What do you think of Jesus?"

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1856)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
εἶπαν·	eipan	they said:	G2036 →
οἱ	hoi	Some	G3588 →
μέν·	men	indeed,	G3303 →
Ἰωάννην	Iōannēn	John	G2491 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
βαπτιστήν,	baptistēn	Baptist,	G910 →
ἄλλοι	alloi	others	G243 →
δέ·	de	however,	G1161 →
Ἠλίαν,	Ēlian	Elijah,	G2243 →
ἕτεροι	heteroi	others	G2087 →
δέ·	de	however,	G1161 →
Ἰερεμίαν	Ieremian	Jeremiah	G2408 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
ἕνα	hena	one	G1520 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
προφητῶν.	prophētōn	prophets.	G4396 →

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

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
leads to
- Luke 1:17
  And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to…
- Matthew 17:10–13
  The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
- Mark 9:11–13
  And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
- Matthew 11:13–14
  For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
- Malachi 3:1
  “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He…
Through
Mark 6:15
Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
leads to
- Matthew 21:11
  The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 8:28
  They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Malachi 4:5
  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.