Focused Passage

Mark 8:27-30

Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship

Mark 8 moves from Jesus' compassionate provision for a hungry multitude, to Pharisaic sign-demanding unbelief, to disciple dullness about bread, to a staged healing of blindness, to Peter's confession, to Jesus' first passion prediction, and finally to the call for cross-bearing discipleship.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

27 Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?”

28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

29 “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”

30 And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.

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Verse 27

Cross-references

Matthew 16:13 BSB references Luke 9:18 BSB references John 6:67 BSB references

Original words

Then Καὶ G2532 Conjunction - ὁ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Jesus Ἰησοῦς G2424 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction His αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural disciples μαθηταὶ G3101 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural went on ἐξῆλθεν G1831 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular to εἰς G1519 Preposition the τὰς G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Plural villages κώμας G2968 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural around Caesarea Καισαρείας G2542 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Philippi Φιλίππου G5376 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction On ἐν G1722 Preposition the τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular way ὁδῷ G3598 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular He questioned ἐπηρώτα G1905 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular His αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - τοὺς G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Plural disciples μαθητὰς G3101 Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural - λέγων G3004 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular - αὐτοῖς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Who Τίνα G5101 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular - οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural {do} people ἄνθρωποι G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural say λέγουσιν G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural I με G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular am εἶναι G1510 Verb - Present Infinitive Active

Verse 28

Cross-references

John 1:21 Classic cross-references Malachi 4:5 Classic cross-references Mark 6:15 Classic cross-references Mark 9:11 Classic cross-references Matthew 14:2 Classic cross-references

Original words

They replied εἶπαν G2036 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural . . . αὐτῷ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular . . . λέγοντες G3004 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural - ὅτι G3754 Conjunction [Some say] John Ἰωάννην G2491 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Baptist Βαπτιστήν G910 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular - δὲ G1161 Conjunction - Οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural - καὶ G2532 Conjunction others [say] ἄλλοι G243 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Elijah Ἠλίαν G2243 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular and still δὲ G1161 Conjunction others ἄλλοι G243 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural - ὅτι G3754 Conjunction one εἷς G1520 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular of the τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Plural prophets προφητῶν G4396 Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural

Verse 29

Cross-references

1 John 4:15 Classic cross-references Matthew 16:15 Classic cross-references John 6:69 Classic cross-references 1 John 5:1 Classic cross-references John 11:27 Classic cross-references

Original words

But [what about] δὲ G1161 Conjunction you Ὑμεῖς G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural - Καὶ G2532 Conjunction [Jesus] αὐτὸς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular asked ἐπηρώτα G1905 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular - αὐτούς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Who τίνα G5101 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular do you say λέγετε G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural I με G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular am εἶναι G1510 Verb - Present Infinitive Active - ὁ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Peter Πέτρος G4074 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular answered Ἀποκριθεὶς G611 Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular - λέγει G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular - αὐτῷ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular You Σὺ G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular are εἶ G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular the ὁ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Christ Χριστός G5547 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular

Verse 30

Cross-references

Luke 18:31 Classic cross-references Luke 9:21 Classic cross-references Matthew 16:20 Classic cross-references Matthew 17:9 Classic cross-references Mark 9:9 Classic cross-references

Original words

And Καὶ G2532 Conjunction [Jesus] warned ἐπετίμησεν G2008 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular them αὐτοῖς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural - ἵνα G2443 Conjunction not to tell anyone λέγωσιν G3004 Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural . . . μηδενὶ G3367 Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular about περὶ G4012 Preposition Him αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular

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