Matthew 16:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

Matthew 16:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 9:20
He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
Matthew 13:11
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Mark 8:29
And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-20)

We have here a private conference which Christ had with his disciples concerning himself. It was in the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, the utmost borders of the land of Canaan northward; there in that remote corner, perhaps, there was less flocking after him than in other places, which gave him leisure for this private conversation with his disciples. Note, When ministers are abridged in their public…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. He saith unto them, But whom--rather, “who.” say ye that I am?--He had never put this question before, but the crisis He was reaching made it fitting that He should now have it from them. We may suppose this to be one of those moments of which the prophet says, in His name, “Then I said, I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain” (Is 49:4): Lo, these three years…