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Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in heaven.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in heaven.
Verse Matthew 16:17. _BLESSED ART THOU, SIMON BAR-JONA_] Or _Simon, son of_ _Jonah_; so _Bar-jonah_ should be translated, and so it is rendered by our Lord, John 1:42. _Flesh and blood _- i.e. MAN; -...
See also Mark 8:27, and Luke 9:18. CESAREA PHILIPPI - There were two cities in Judea called Caesarea. One was situated on the borders of the Mediterranean (See the notes at Acts 8:40
4. THE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE REJECTED KING CONCERNING HIMSELF. CHAPTER 16 1. Pharisees and Sadducees Asking a Sign. (Matthew 16:1 .) 2. Instructions Concerning the Leaven. (Matthew 16:5 .) 3. P...
THE GREAT CONFESSION AND THE FIRST VIEW OF THE CROSS (Mark 8:27 *, Luke 9:18). Omitting the cure of the blind man (but _cf. Matthew 9:27_), Mt. passes to the significant episode of Cæ sarea Philippi....
Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed this unto you, but my Father who is in Heaven. And I tell you, that you are Peter, and on this rock I...
BLIND TO THE SIGNS (Matthew 16:1-4)...
BLESSED. Happy. See note on Matthew 5:3. SIMON BAR-JONA. Simon, son of Jonah. The Lord uses his human name and parentage in contrast with the divine origin of the revelation made to him. BAR-JONA. A...
_Bar-jona_ "son of Jonah." Bar is Aramaic for son; cp. Barabbas, Bar-tholomew, Bar-nabas. _for flesh and blood,_ &c. Not man, but God; "flesh and blood" was a common Hebrew expression in this contras...
The great Confession of St Peter, and the Promise given to him Mark 8:27-30: The question is put "while they were on the way," the words "the Son of the living God" are omitted, as also the blessing...
THE GREAT CONFESSION OF ST PETER, AND THE PROMISE GIVEN TO HIM Mark 8:27-30 : The question is put ‘while they were on the way,’ the words ‘the Son of the living God’ are omitted, as also the blessing...
ΒᾺΡ ἸΩΝΑ͂, ‘son of Jonah,’ or ‘son of John.’ The Greek form may stand for either name (see Bp. Lightfoot on a _Fresh Revision of N.T._, pp. 159, 160); but the reading adopted by the best editors John...
Ver 13. When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?" 14. And they said, "Some say that thou art John the Baptist; s...
_I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH MATTHEW 16:13-18:_ Jesus promised to build His church. It is still true, "Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it..." (Psalms 127:1) Jesus was not Joh...
ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΣ (G3107) блаженный, счастливый, _см._ Matthew 5:3. ΣΆΡΞ ΚΑΊ ΑΊΜΑ ("плоть и кровь") — иудейское выражение, обозначающее человека в его целостности и природной слабости. Это сочетание стало обо...
DISCOURSE: 1374 PETER’S CONFESSION OF CHRIST REWARDED Matthew 16:15. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. A...
BLESSED ART THOU, SIMON BAR-JONA, &C.— _Bar-jona_ is _the Son of Jona._ Some authors suppose, that _John_ and _Jona_ are one and the same. _Flesh and blood_ is a Hebraism, signifying his own reason, o...
Section 41 NEAR CAESAREA PHILIPPI JESUS TESTS HIS DISCIPLES (Parallels: Mark 8:27 to Mark 9:1; Luke 9:18-27) TEXT: 16:13-28 13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his d...
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, BLES...
6 Leaven stands for corrupt doctrine (12). Our Lord was concerned that the disciples should not be tainted by digesting the teaching of His enemies. But all that they were concerned about was the poss...
16:17 Bar-jona, (g-11) 'Son of Jonas.'...
SIMON BARJONA] i.e. Simon, son of Jonah. The full name harmonises with the solemnity of the occasion and the emotion of the speaker. In John 1:42; Peter's father is called 'Joanes' (John), of which Jo...
ST. PETER'S GREAT CONFESSION 1-4. A sign from heaven demanded (Mark 8:11 cp. Luke 11:16 : see on Matthew 12:38)....
ST. PETER'S CONFESSION (Mark 8:27; Luke 9:18). Jesus now undertook another distant excursion, partly to escape the hostility of the Pharisees (Matthew 16:4), but chiefly to hold private converse with...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 16 THE *JEWISH LEADERS ASK FOR A *MIRACLE 16:1-4 V1 Some *Pharisees and some *Sadducees came to Jesus. They wanted to test him. So th...
BLESSED ART THOU, SIMON BAR-JONA. — Looking to the reality of our Lord’s human nature, its capacity for wonder (Mark 6:6; Luke 7:9), anger (Mark 3:5), sorrow (John 11:35;...
Chapter 13 The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13; Matthew 17:1 THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universally regarded as marking a new era in the life of Christ. His rej...
_Solemn address of Jesus to Peter_, peculiar to Mt., and of doubtful authenticity in the view of many modern critics, including Wendt (_Die Lehre Jesu_, i., p. 181), either an addendum by the evangeli...
μακάριος : weighty word chosen to express a rare and high condition, virtue, or experience (“hoc vocabulo non solum beata, sed etiam rara simul conditio significatur,” Beng.). It implies satisfaction...
_At Caesarea Philippi_ (Mark 8:27 to Mark 9:1; Luke 9:18-27). The crossing of the lake (Matthew 16:5) proved to be the prelude to a second long excursion northwards
“THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD” Matthew 16:13-20 The shadows of Calvary were beginning to gather and the Lord desired to prepare His friends for all that it stood for. His questions elicited Peter's mag...
What a very wonderful fact in the life and ministry of Jesus is His power of suppressing the marvelous powers He possessed. He never used them save in divine wisdom and love. How easily He could have...
(4) And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for (k) flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. (4) Faith is of grace, not of na...
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona. Greek: Simon is undoubtedly Greek: Sumeon, as written 2 Peter i. 1. Greek: Bariona is son of Jona, or John, an abridgment for Greek: Barioanna. Bar, in Chaldaic, is s...
"When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? (14) And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elia...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
17._Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona. _As this is life eternal, to know the only true God, and him whom he hath sent, Jesus Christ, (John 17:3,) Christ justly pronounces him to be _blessed _who has...
Chapter 16 goes farther than the revelation of the simple grace of God. Jesus reveals what was about to be formed in the counsels of that grace, where He was owned, shewing the rejection of the proud...
AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... Not waiting for any other declaration from them; but taking this to be the sense of them all, he said, BLESSED ART THOU SIMON BAR JONA, or son of Jona, or Jo...
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed _it_ unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Ver. 17. _Blessed art thou, Simon_] Thes...
_Jesus answered, Blessed_ [or _happy_, as μακαριος signifies] _art thou, Simon Bar-jona_, (or the son of Jonas,) namely, in being brought thus firmly to believe and confess this most important truth,...
BAR - JONA; son of Jonah; BAR; being a Syriac word for son. FLESH AND BLOOD; man. In order rightly to apprehend divine truth, and suitably to regard it, men must be taught it, not merely by their fel...
The enmity against the true Messiah increases now to the point of Pharisee's and Sadducee's (usually hostile to each other) conspiring together to tempt Him, in an effort to trap Him in some way. Both...
13-20 Peter, for himself and his brethren, said that they were assured of our Lord's being the promised Messiah, the Son of the living God. This showed that they believed Jesus to be more than man. O...
Our Lord appeareth here to be mightily pleased with this confession of Peter and the rest of his disciples, (for we shall observe in the Gospel, that Peter was usually the first in speaking, 1 THESSAL...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III if these men did not know the truth? How also did the seventy preach, unless they had themselves previously known the truth of what was preached? Or how could Peter...
Matthew 16:17 G2532 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) him G846 Blessed G3107 you...
PETER OPENLY CONFESSES THAT JESUS IS THE MESSIAH (16:13-20). In Matthew 11:25 Jesus had spoken of the fact it was His Father who revealed things to ‘babes', including the truth about the Son Whom He a...
‘And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father who is in heaven.” ' Jesus then commends Peter for his insight. It...
Matthew 16:17. BLESSED ART THOU. An answering confession of Peter as an object of the Divine favor, a subject of Divine grace (comp. Romans 10:9). SIMON BAR-JONA _,_ son of Jonah. His human name and...
BLESSED ART THOU (μακαριος ε). A beatitude for Peter. Jesus accepts the confession as true. Thereby Jesus on this solemn occasion solemnly claims to be the Messiah, the Son of the living God, his de...
BARJONA Son of Jonas....
Matthew 16:15 , MATTHEW 16:21 Peter's Confession of Faith, and Christ's Prediction of His Passion. I. At the end of the second year of His ministry, Christ wrought the astounding miracle of multiplyi...
CONTENTS: Jesus' rebuke of blind Pharisees. The symbol of leaven interpreted. Peter's confession of the deity of Jesus. Jesus foretells His death and resurrection. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, Sata...
Matthew 16:1. _The pharisees also with the sadducees came,_ soliciting _a sign from heaven: Matthew 12:38_. This was the second time, and they received the appellation of hypocrites, as professing the...
GOOD FOR YOU, SIMON, SON OF JOHN. Jesus here gives Peter's full name to emphasize what he is saying. BECAUSE THIS TRUTH. Human reasoning did not tell him this. The Jews did not expect the Messiah to b...
_Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am?_ CONFESSION AND CROSS-BEARING I. The confession. 1. The substance of the confession. 2. The source of the confession (Matthew 16:17). 3. The power of...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 16:17 SIMON BAR-JONAH is an Aramaic name meaning “Simon son of Jonah.” Simon has a natural father, Jonah, but his ability to confess Jesus (v. Matth
PETER SAYS JESUS IS THE MESSIAH MATTHEW 16:13-20; MARK 8:27-30; LUKE 9:18-21; MATTHEW 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Ca
1-28 CHAPTER 16 _And there came unto Him Pharisees_, &c. They had previously asked for a sign (Matthew 12:38). But here again they asked for one because of the miracle of the multiplication of the lo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 16:13. COASTS.—_Parts_ (R.V.). _I.e_. neighbourhood. There were various inhabited places in the locality (see Mark 8:27). CÆSAREA PHILIPPI.—Probably on the site of the Old Tes...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 16:1 _The Pharisees and Sadducees desire a sign. _(Mark 8:11.) MATTHEW 16:1 THE PHARISEES ALSO WITH the Saddueees;
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came [And now they are seeking to trap Him], and they desire that he would show them a sign from heaven. And he answered and said unto them: When it is evening, y...
1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 John 4:15; 1 John 5:20; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 5:1
Blessed [μ α κ α ρ ι ο ς]. See on ch. Matthew 5:3....
Flesh and blood — That is, thy own reason, or any natural power whatsoever....