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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.

KJV

καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπηρώτα αὐτούς· ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνα με λέγετε εἶναι; ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος λέγει αὐτῷ· σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστός.

Greek NT

Tunc dicit illis : Vos vero quem me esse dicitis ? Respondens Petrus, ait ei : Tu es Christus.

Vulgate

And he asked them, But who say ye that I am? Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

ASV

Then he saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Peter answering said to him: Thou art the Christ.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Peter

In the original Greek

14 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×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπερωτάω
eperotao
verb · 56×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐπηρώτα αὐτούς | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπηρώτα αὐτούς | RP: λέγει αὐτοῖς
  • ἐπηρώτα αὐτούςSBLGNT
  • ἐπηρώτα αὐτούςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • λέγει αὐτοῖςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἀποκριθεὶς | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀποκριθεὶς | RP: + δὲ
  • ἀποκριθεὶςSBLGNT
  • ἀποκριθεὶςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 4:15 — Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
  • 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.
  • 1Pet 2:7 — Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
  • Acts 9:20 — And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
  • 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 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 6:69 — And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • John 6:69 — And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • 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.
  • Luke 9:20 — He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
  • Luke 9:20 — He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
  • 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?