"And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ." — Mark 8:28

Mark 8:28 · KJV

“And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.”

— Mark 8:28

And they answered, John the Baptist: but some {say}, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

Mark 8 — Context

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

And they answered, John the Baptist: but some {say}, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and {of} the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Cross References

John 1:21

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. {that prophet: or, a prophet?}

Mark 9:11-13

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

Matthew 14:2

And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. {do...: or, are wrought by him}

Mark 6:14-16

And king Herod heard {of him}; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Luke 9:7-9

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;

Matthew 16:14

And they said, Some {say that thou art} John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.