Luke 9:20

20 dixit autem illis vos autem quem me esse dicitis respondens Simon Petrus dixit Christum Dei

Luke 9:20 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:20

He said unto them, but whom say ye that I am?
&c.] Which was the main thing he had in view in this private conference; and in order to introduce which, he puts the former question:

Peter answering:
in the name of the rest of the disciples, they assenting to it:

said, the Christ of God;
The Persic version reads, "Christ God"; the Messiah, who is the Son of God, and God over all, blessed for ever. The Cambridge copy of Beza's reads, "the Christ, the Son of God". (See Gill on Luke 2:26).

Luke 9:20 In-Context

18 et factum est cum solus esset orans erant cum illo et discipuli et interrogavit illos dicens quem me dicunt esse turbae

19 at illi responderunt et dixerunt Iohannem Baptistam alii autem Heliam alii quia propheta unus de prioribus surrexit

20 dixit autem illis vos autem quem me esse dicitis respondens Simon Petrus dixit Christum Dei

21 at ille increpans illos praecepit ne cui dicerent hoc

22 dicens quia oportet Filium hominis multa pati et reprobari a senioribus et principibus sacerdotum et scribis et occidi et tertia die resurgere