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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 16:16

the Christ = the Messiah. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "Thou art Christ". read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 16:17

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. Aramaic. See App-94 .:28. Occurs only here. flesh and blood. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6 , for a mortal human being in contrast with God the Father in the heavens. See 1 Corinthians 15:50 . Galatians 1:1 , Galatians 1:16 . Ephesians 6:12 .Hebrews 2:14 . heaven =... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 16:18

I say also = I also say (as well as the Father), looking back to a preceding Agent with Whom the Lord associates Himself. thou art Peter. See App-147 . Peter. Greek. petros. A stone (loose and movable), as in John 1:42 . this. Very emphatic, as though pointing to Himself. See notes on John 2:19 ; John 6:58 . One of three important passages where "this" stands for the speaker. See notes on John 2:19 , and John 6:58 . this rock = Greek. petra . Petra is Feminine, and therefore could not... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 16:16

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.This is called the Great Confession. It is no mere acknowledgment that Jesus is the Messiah of the Hebrews but also declares Jesus' unique filial relationship to God. Dummelow aptly pointed this out, saying,Son of God, here, is no mere equivalent of "the Messiah." ... This is shown by the deep emotion with which the speaker makes, and Jesus receives, the confession; and the fact that the confession is perfectly... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.Jesus' confession and blessing of Peter in this place is best understood in the light of a promise Jesus previously made to the effect that he would confess those who confessed him (Matthew 10:32,33). Note the parallel: "Christ, Son of God" and "Peter, son of John" (that is the meaning of Bar-Jonah). Note also the attribution of divine... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 16:18

And I also say, unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.Some have made much of the fact that the word "Peter" means rock, and from this have affirmed that Christ built the church upon Peter. This text is inscribed in letters of gold four feet high inside the massive dome of the Basilica of St. Peters; and it is feared that many have been deceived by this false claim.It is true, of course, that the word... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 16:17-18

Matthew 16:17-18. 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, or any natural power whatever. This knowledge had not been communicated to him, either by the sentence of the Sanhedrim, declaring Jesus to be the Messiah, or by the authority of any human testimony whatever, but merely by the teaching of God. See on John 6:45. "Blessed and happy art... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 16:16

16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God—He does not say, "Scribes and Pharisees, rulers and people, are all perplexed; and shall we, unlettered fishermen, presume to decide?" But feeling the light of his Master's glory shining in his soul, he breaks forth—not in a tame, prosaic acknowledgment, "I believe that Thou art," c.—but in the language of adoration—such as one uses in worship, "THOU ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD!" He first owns... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 16:17

17. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou—Though it is not to be doubted that Peter, in this noble testimony to Christ, only expressed the conviction of all the Twelve, yet since he alone seems to have had clear enough apprehensions to put that conviction in proper and suitable words, and courage enough to speak them out, and readiness enough to do this at the right time—so he only, of all the Twelve, seems to have met the present want, and communicated to the saddened soul of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 16:18

18. And I say also unto thee—that is, "As thou hast borne such testimony to Me, even so in return do I to thee." That thou art Peter—At his first calling, this new name was announced to him as an honor afterwards to be conferred on him ( :-). Now he gets it, with an explanation of what it was meant to convey. and upon this rock—As "Peter" and "Rock" are one word in the dialect familiarly spoken by our Lord—the Aramaic or Syro-Chaldaic, which was the mother tongue of the country—this exalted... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 16:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 16:17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 16:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 16:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 16:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 16:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 16:17-18

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 16:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 16:17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 16:18

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