1. He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 16:15-17).
2. From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! (Matthew 16:21-23a)
3. And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said. (Luke 9:33)
1. In the first case, as Jesus and the Disciples came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked the men a question. “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Jesus pressed them, asking a second time, “But who do you say that I am?”
This time Peter answered and it was the correct answer. “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Continue reading “Peter didn’t know what he was saying”