Matthew 16:15 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:15

“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am?

KJV

He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 15, 16.) But who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Wise reader, take note that from the following text and the discourse, the apostles are not called men, but gods. For when he had said: Who do men say that the Son of man is, he added: But who do you say that I am? To them, who are men, forming their opinions based on human things; but to you, who are gods, what do you think of me being?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The disciples had themselves been better taught than others; had, by their intimacy with Christ, greater advantages of getting knowledge than others had. Note, It is justly expected that those who enjoy greater plenty of the means of knowledge and grace than others, should have a more clear and distinct knowledge of the things of God than others.

The Nineteenth Century3 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

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγει	legei	He says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	You yourselves	G4771 →
δὲ	de	but	G1161 →
τίνα	tina	whom	G5101 →
με	me	Me	G3165 →
λέγετε	legete	do you pronounce	G3004 →
εἶναι;¶	einai	to be?	G1511 →

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

G1511einaito be?123×

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
Matthew 13:11
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:9–10
  Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
  The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Matthew 19:11
  “Not everyone can accept this word,” He replied, “but only those to whom it has been given.
- James 1:5
  Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- 1 John 2:27
  And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
Through
Luke 9:20
“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
leads to
- Matthew 16:15–17
  “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Through
Mark 8:29
“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
leads to
- 1 John 4:15
  If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- Matthew 16:15–16
  “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?”