Luke 9:20
He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
KJV
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς· ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνα με λέγετε εἶναι; Πέτρος δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ.
Greek NT
Dixit autem illis : Vos autem quem me esse dicitis ? Respondens Simon Petrus, dixit : Christum Dei.
Vulgate
And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
ASV
And he said to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answering, said: The Christ of God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Πέτρος δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς | WH/Treg/NIV: Πέτρος δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς | RP: Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος
- Πέτρος δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς — SBLGNT
- Πέτρος δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος — Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2600The Gospel according to St. Luke emphasizes the action of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of prayer in Christ's ministry. Jesus prays before the decisive moments of his mission: before his Father's witness to him during his baptism and Transfiguration, and before his own fulfillment of the Father's plan of love by his Passion.43 He also prays before the decisive moments involvi…
Cross-references
- 1John 5:1 — Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
- Acts 8:36 — And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
- Acts 9:22 — But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
- Acts 17:3 — Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
- John 1:41 — He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
- John 1:49 — Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
- John 4:29 — Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
- John 4:42 — And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
- John 6:68 — Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
- John 6:69 — And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
- John 7:41 — Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
- John 11:27 — She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
- John 20:31 — But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
- Luke 22:67 — Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
- Mark 8:29 — And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
- Mark 8:29 — And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
- Mark 14:61 — But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
- Matt 5:47 — And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
- Matt 16:15 — He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
- Matt 16:15 — He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
- Matt 22:42 — Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
- Matt 26:63 — But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.