Luke 9:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He said unto them,But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. ”

• Luke 9:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See the Matthew 16:13-27 notes; Mark 8:27-38 notes. Luke 9:20 The Christ of God - The “Anointed” of God. The “Messiah” appointed by God, and who had been long promised by him. See the n...

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• Luke 9:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Great Confession ( Mark 8:27 to Mark 9:1 *, Matthew 16:13-18 *). The changes are inconsiderable. Lk. omits the locality, but represents Jesus as at prayer; cf. Luke 3:21 , Luke 9:29 ;...

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• Luke 9:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  The Christ . The Messiah. App-98.

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• Luke 9:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. But whom say ye that I am? - Whom do ye tell the people that I am? What do ye preach concerning me? See also on...

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• Luke 9:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 16:13-28 . T...

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• Luke 9:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Feeding the Five Thousand. Peter's Confession. The Transfiguration 1-6. Mission of the Twelve ( Matthew 10:1 ; Matthew 10:5-15 ; Mark 6:7-13 ). See on Mt.

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• Luke 9:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The Christ of God. — This precise form of expression is peculiar to St. Luke. It agrees substantially with “the Lord’s Christ” of the song of Simeon ( Luke 2:26 ).

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• Luke 9:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 15 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IN considering the words of Jesus, if we may not be able to measure their depth or to scale their height, we can with absolute certainty discover their drift, and s...

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• Luke 9:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the True Use of Life Luke 9:18-27 Here and also in Luke 9:28 reference is made to the Master's prayers. He was praying alone, before He broke to His friends the death which awaited Him and in...

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• Luke 9:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  As He sent His apostles out, He gave them power and authority. They went forth without any provision for the journey other than the things of spiritual equipment. Rumors of the ministry and power the...

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• Luke 9:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (18) And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? (19) They answering, said, John the Baptist; but some say, El...

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• Luke 9:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He said unto them, but whom say ye that I am ?.... Which was the main thing he had in view in this private conference; and in order to introduce which, he puts the former question: Peter answering...

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• Luke 9:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. Ver. 20. See Mat 16:13-14 Mark 8:28 .

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• Luke 9:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  As he was alone praying Or rather apart from the multitude, for the word καταμονας, here rendered alone , excludes not his disciples, but the multitude, now sent away when they were filled, as app...

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• Luke 9:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE LORD JESUS SUFFICIENT FOR HUMAN MISERY AND NEED (vs.1-17) The Lord had shown Himself as the perfect remedy for the world's disturbance, its bondage to Satan, its disease occasioned by sin and...

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• Luke 9:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Peter's Enlightened Testimony;Self-Denial Enjoined.       18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: a...

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• Luke 9:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 9:18 "

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• Luke 9:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Peter As The Representative of the Apostles Declares Jesus to Be the Messiah (9:18-22). The Gospel of Luke began with a clear revelations of Jesus as Son of the Most High and as Messiah ( Luke 1:3...

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• Luke 9:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 9:18 . It came to pass .—This took place on the way to Cæsarea Philippi: this was a town in the valley of the upper Jordan near Paneas, which had been enlarged and fortified...

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• Luke 9:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 9:1 . He called his twelve disciples together, privately, it would seem, and gave them power and authority to preach, and to heal diseases. Those powers must go together as was foretold in I...

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• Luke 9:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Whom say the people that I am? One of Christ’s conferences with His disciples I. OUR LORD’S PRAYER. Brethren, “He ever liveth to make intercession for us,” and if “the effectual fervent prayer...

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• Luke 9:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 9:1-42 The Master sends out the twelve on a mission . Luke 9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together . The Galilee ministry was just over; outwardly it had...

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• Luke 9:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Peter's Confession and Christ's Answer. The confession of Peter and the Twelve:

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• Luke 9:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 5:1 ; Acts 17:3 ; Acts 8:37 ; Acts 9:22 ; John 1:41 ; John 1:49 ; John 11:27 ; John 20:31 ; John 4:29 ; John 4:42 ; John 6:69 ; John 7:41 ; Luke 22:67 ; Mark 14:61 ; Mark 8:29 ;...

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