Peter's confession

Peter's confession, "You only have the words of eternal life."

Peter's confession therefore becomes a turning point in Jesus' ministry.

Peter's confession and concludes with the conversion of St.

A question remains as to what Peter's confession would have meant to an Israelite of the first century.

Take a look at that first paragraph headed 'Peter's confession of Christ'.

Exercise Look at the following parallel accounts of Peter's Confession.

Jesus affirms that Peter's confession is divinely revealed truth.

Peter's confession at Mark 8:27-30 that Jesus is the messiah thus forms the watershed to the whole gospel.

After Peter's confession, a furious Carla heads on the war path and goes in search of Tina.

Jesus chose this place to ask his disciples Who do people say the Son of man is?' Peter's confession is amazing.

Jesus is not referring to Peter when talking about "this rock", but is in fact referring to Peter's confession of faith in the preceding verses.

Remember the Peter's Confession story at Caesarea Philippi when Jesus says, "Who do you say that I am?"

In numerous modern editions of the Bible, Peter's confession of faith is often marked off with a booming headline: "Peter's great confession."

In answer to Peter's confession that he is the Messiah, Jesus predicts in unmistakably clear terms that he will suffer and die shamefully on the Cross.

It contains two miracles of Jesus, Peter's confession that he believes Jesus is the Messiah, and Jesus' first prediction of his own death and resurrection.

At the very center of Mark's Gospel, in Chapter 8, there is the story of what is often called Peter's Confession at Caeserea Philippi.

It tells the records of several great miracles performed by Jesus, story of His transfiguration, the sending of the twelve disciples, Peter's confession and the final departure from Galilee.

Mr. Pine, who delivers Peter's confessions in a flood of bluster he seems helpless to control (and in a resonant voice that recalls Jason Robards), does the best work here.

Matthew gives us an enlightening insight in the words with which Jesus accepts Peter's confession: "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven" (16:17).

In The Gospel of Barnabas we see that its author has altered Peter's confession to conform with what the Qur'an says: (Jesus) asked his disciples, saying: "What do men say of me?"

Peter's Confession begins as a dialogue between Jesus and his disciples in which Jesus begins to ask about the current opinions about himself among "the multitudes", asking: "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"

Moreover, Eastern Orthodox theologians follow such Fathers as St. John Chrysostom by clarifying that "rock" simultaneously refers to Peter (instrumentally) as well as Peter's confession of faith which is what has ultimate significance in establishing the Church.

I no longer indulge in the habit, but I most certainly did at one time and I have many friends who continue to do so, and who do so on occasion at my housed Peter's confession took his audience by surprise, quietening them momentarily.

It is because of Peter's confession of faith in Jesus as Messiah that Jesus gave him the nickname of "rock" and stated that it was upon the rock of Peter's faith that the Church would rise (Matthew 16:18).