Mark 8:27-30

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.

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