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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Matthew 16:16 - 16:16
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And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God - He does not say, “Scribes and Pharisees, rulers and people, are all perplexed; and shall we, unlettered fishermen, presume to decide?” But feeling the light of his Master’s glory shining in his soul, he breaks forth - not in a tame, prosaic acknowledgment, “I believe that Thou art,” etc. - but in the language of adoration - such as one uses in worship, “Thou Art The Christ, The Son Of The Living God!” He first owns Him the promised Messiah (see on Mat 1:16); then he rises higher, echoing the voice from heaven - “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”; and in the important addition - “Son of the Living God” - he recognizes the essential and eternal life of God as in this His Son - though doubtless without that distinct perception afterwards vouchsafed.