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Matthew 16:14-16
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Matthew 16:14-16
New English Translation
14 They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,[a] and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered,[b] “You are the Christ,[c] the Son of the living God.”
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- Matthew 16:14 sn The appearance of Elijah would mean that the end time had come. According to 2 Kgs 2:11, Elijah was still alive. In Mal 4:5 it is said that Elijah would be the precursor of Messiah.
- Matthew 16:16 tn Grk “And answering, Simon Peter said.”
- Matthew 16:16 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.
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