Mark 8:27-31

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.

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