Matthew 16:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)16 And Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ [i.e., God’s specially chosen one], the Son of the living God.” See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176916 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition16 Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. See the chapterCommon English Bible16 Simon Peter said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version16 Simon Peter responded by saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." See the chapter |
But you [Christians] have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. [Note: These terms describe people who have entered a spiritual relationship with God as part of the church]. [You have come] to a praise gathering of innumerable angels [Note: Christians are here pictured as assembled in worship of God, along with angels],
You people show [i.e., by your conversions] that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us [i.e., the result of our ministry], not written with ink but with the Holy Spirit of the living God; not on stone tablets [i.e., as in the case with Moses’ ministry], but on tablets of the human heart. [See Jer. 31:33; Heb. 8:10].
“Gentlemen, why are you doing these things? [Do you not know that] we are also human beings with the same kind of feelings that you have? And we are just bringing you the good news that you should turn away from these useless things [i.e., idol worship] and [turn] to the living God, who created the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.