Matthew 16:15

Matthew 16:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
• New International Version (NIV)“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

Context of Matthew 16:15

13Jesus went into the part of the country near Caesarea Philippi. While he was there, he asked his disciples, ‘When people talk about the Son of Man, who do they say that he is?’ 14They replied, ‘Some people say that you are John the Baptist. Other people say that you are Elijah. And some other people say that you are Jeremiah, or another prophet of God.’ ‘But what do you think?’ Jesus asked them. ‘Who do you say that I am?’ 16Simon Peter answered him. ‘You are the Messiah. You are the Son of God, the God who lives for ever.’ 17Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonah, God has blessed you! No person on earth taught you that. God, my Father in heaven, has shown you this.

Matthew 16:15 word by word

λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνα με λέγετε εἶναι;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• whomτίςtis · which?G5101
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for Matthew 16:15

• Matthew 13:11Jesus replied, ‘God has let you know what these stories mean. You understand how God rules in the lives of his people. But these other people do not understand what the stories mean.
• Mark 8:29Jesus asked them, ‘But what do you think? Who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered him, ‘You are the Messiah.’
• Luke 9:20‘But what do you think?’ Jesus then asked them. ‘Who do you say that I am?’ Peter replied, ‘You are the Messiah. God has sent you.’

Commentaries on Matthew 16:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 See also Mark 8:27-29, and Luke 9:18-20. Cesarea Philippi - There were two cities in Judea called Caesarea. One was situated on the borders of the Mediterranean (See the notes at Acts 8:40), and the other was the one mentioned here. This city was greatly enlarged and ornamented by Philip the tetrarch, son of Herod, and called Caesarea in honor of the Roman emperor, Tiberius Caesar. To distinguish it from the other Caesarea the name of Philip…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 Peter, for himself and his brethren, said that they were assured of our Lord's being the promised Messiah, the Son of the living God. This showed that they believed Jesus to be more than man. Our Lord declared Peter to be blessed, as the teaching of God made him differ from his unbelieving countrymen. Christ added that he had named him Peter, in allusion to his stability or firmness in professing the truth. The word translated "rock," is not…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. He saith unto them, But whom--rather, "who." say ye that I am?--He had never put this question before, but the crisis He was reaching made it fitting that He should now have it from them. We may suppose this to be one of those moments of which the prophet says, in His name, "Then I said, I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain" (Is 49:4): Lo, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree; and what is it? As…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Matthew 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings