Mark 8:27-38

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

27 ¹And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

28 And they told him, ²"John the Baptist; and others say, ³Elijah; and others, one of the prophets."

29 And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, ⁴"You are ⁵the Christ."

30 ⁶And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

31 ⁷And he began to teach them that ⁸the Son of Man must ⁹suffer many things and ¹⁰be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and ¹¹after three days rise again.

32 And he said this ¹²plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ¹³"Get behind me, Satan! For you ¹⁴are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."

34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him ¹⁵deny himself and ¹⁶take up his cross and follow me.

35 For ¹⁷whoever would save his life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake ¹⁸and the gospel's will save it.

36 ¹⁹For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

37 For ²⁰what can a man give in return for his soul?

38 For ²¹whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this ²²adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed ²³when he comes in the glory of his Father with ²⁴the holy angels."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 27-29, see Matthew 16:13-16; Luke 9:18-20
• 2. Mark 6:14; Matthew 14:2; Luke 9:7
• 3. Luke 9:8; [Mark 9:11; Matthew 17:10; John 1:21]
• 4. John 11:27
• 5. Mark 14:61, 62; See Matthew 1:17
• 6. Matthew 16:20; Luke 9:21; See Matthew 12:16
• 7. For ch. 8:31 - 9:1, see Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:22-27
• 8. Mark 10:33; [Luke 13:33]
• 9. Mark 9:30, 31; Matt. 17:12, 22, 23; Luke 24:7
• 10. Luke 17:25; 1 Peter 2:4; [Mark 12:10]
• 11. Mark 10:34; Matthew 27:63; [Matthew 12:40]; See John 2:19
• 12. John 16:25
• 13. [Matthew 4:10]
• 14. Romans 8:5; Philippians 3:19; Colossians 3:2; [Philippians 2:5]
• 15. [2 Timothy 2:12, 13]
• 16. See Matthew 10:38, 39
• 17. [See ver. 34 above]
• 18. Mark 10:29; [1 Corinthians 9:23; 2 Timothy 1:8; Philemon 13]
• 19. [Luke 12:20]
• 20. [Psalms 49:7, 8]
• 21. Romans 1:16; 2 Tim. 1:8, 12, 16; Hebrews 11:16; 1 John 2:28; [Matthew 10:33]
• 22. Isaiah 57:3; Matthew 12:39; James 4:4
• 23. Daniel 7:10, 13; Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 25:31; Matthew 26:64; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Jude 14; Revelation 1:7; [Deuteronomy 33:2]
• 24. Acts 10:22; Revelation 14:10; [Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:27]

Footnotes

• [a]. The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and once in verse 36 and once in verse 37