Matthew 16:16-17

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or the Christ. Messiah (a Hebrew term) and Christ (a Greek term) both mean “anointed one.”
• [b]. Greek Simon bar-Jonah; see John 1:42 ; 21:15-17 .