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20. τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ. ‘The Anointed, the Messiah, of God.’ “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God,” Mat 16:16. St Mark merely says “the Christ.” “The Lord’s Christ,” Luk 2:26. After the estranging speech at Capernaum our Lord had asked, “Will ye also go away?” and then St Peter’s answer had been ‘we have believed and recognised that thou art the Holy One of God,’ Joh 6:69 (אBCDL, &c.). Nathanael had recognised Him as “the Son of God” and “the King of Israel.” Later, Martha confessed Him as “the Christ, the Son of God,” Joh 11:27. But now for the first time the revealed mystery was openly recognised and confessed. St Luke omits the blessing of St Peter, which whatever may be its exact meaning, at any rate can have conferred on him no sort of primacy or superior authority among the Apostles. See Luk 22:24-26; Mat 18:1; Joh 21:19-23; Gal 2:9; Gal 2:11, &c.