Matthew 16:13-20

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

13 ¹Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

14 And they said, "Some say ²John the Baptist, others say ³Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

16 Simon Peter replied, ⁴"You are ⁵the Christ, ⁶the Son of ⁷the living God."

17 And Jesus answered him, ⁸"Blessed are you, ⁹Simon Bar-Jonah! For ¹⁰flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, ¹¹but my Father who is in heaven.

18 And I tell you, ¹²you are Peter, and ¹³on this rock^[a] I will build my church, and ¹⁴the gates of ¹⁵hell^[b] shall not prevail against it.

19 I will give you ¹⁶the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and ¹⁷whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed^[c] in heaven."

20 ¹⁸Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 13-16, see Mark 8:27-29; Luke 9:18-20
• 2. Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:14; Luke 9:7
• 3. Mark 6:15; Luke 9:8; [Matthew 17:10; Mark 9:11; John 1:21]
• 4. John 11:27
• 5. See Matthew 1:17
• 6. See Matthew 14:33
• 7. Deuteronomy 5:26; Joshua 3:10; Psalms 42:2; Jeremiah 10:10; Daniel 6:20; Hosea 1:10; Acts 14:15; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Timothy 4:10
• 8. [Matthew 13:16]
• 9. [John 1:42; John 21:15-17]
• 10. 1 Corinthians 15:50; Galatians 1:16(Gk.); Ephesians 6:12; Hebrews 2:14
• 11. 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 12:3; [Matthew 11:25; John 6:45]
• 12. [Matthew 10:2; John 1:42]
• 13. Ephesians 2:20; Revelation 21:14; [Matthew 7:24]
• 14. Job 38:17; Isaiah 38:10
• 15. See Matthew 11:23
• 16. [Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 3:7]
• 17. [Matthew 18:18; John 20:23]
• 18. Mark 8:30; Luke 9:21; [Matthew 17:9]; See Matthew 12:16

Footnotes

• [a]. The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar
• [b]. Greek the gates of Hades
• [c]. Or shall have been bound... shall have been loosed