Matthew 16:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Simon Peter said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Simon Peter responded by saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.

Matthew 16:16 Cross References

Psalm 2:7

I will declare the decree of Adonai. He said to me: “You are My Son— today I have become Your Father.

Psalm 42:2

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, O God.

Daniel 6:26

Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages dwelling in all the earth: “May your peace be abundant!

Matthew 1:16

and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Miriam, from whom was born Yeshua who is called the Messiah.

Matthew 14:33

And those in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You really are Ben-Elohim!”

Matthew 16:15

He said, “But who do you say I am?”

Matthew 26:63

But Yeshua kept silent. The kohen gadol said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God, tell us if You are Mashiach Ben-Elohim!”

Matthew 27:54

Now the centurion, and those with him keeping guard over Yeshua, when they saw the earthquake and what was happening, they became terribly frightened and said, “This really was the Son of God!”

Matthew 4:3

And when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are Ben-Elohim, tell these stones to become bread.”

Mark 14:61

But keeping silent, Yeshua did not answer. Again the kohen gadol questioned Him, “Are you Mashiach, Son of the Blessed One?”

Luke 2:11

A Savior is born to you today in the city of David, who is Messiah the Lord.

John 1:49

“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are Ben-Elohim! You are the King of Israel!”

John 11:27

She says to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, Ben-Elohim who has come into the world.”

John 20:31

But these things have been written so that you may believe that Yeshua is Mashiach Ben-Elohim, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

John 6:57

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats of Me will also live because of Me.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life!

John 6:69

We have trusted and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.”

Acts 14:15

and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are human, just like you! We proclaim the Good News to you, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Acts 8:36

Now as they were going down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, “Look, water! What’s to prevent me from being immersed?”

Acts 8:37

Acts 9:20

Immediately he began proclaiming Yeshua in the synagogues, saying, “He is Ben-Elohim.”

Romans 1:4

He was appointed Ben-Elohim in power according to the Ruach of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. He is Messiah Yeshua our Lord.

2 Corinthians 1:19

For Ben-Elohim—Yeshua the Messiah, who was proclaimed among you by us, by myself and Silvanus and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No.” Rather, in Him it has always been “Yes.”

2 Corinthians 3:3

It is clear that you are a letter from Messiah delivered by us—written not with ink but with the Ruach of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement does God’s Temple have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God—just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Deuteronomy 5:26

If only there were such a heart in them to fear Me and keep all My mitzvot always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves bring news about what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God,

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I delay, I write so you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God—which is the community of the living God, a pillar and foundation of truth.

1 Timothy 4:10

(for to this end we work hard and strive): “We have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially those who trust.”

Hebrews 10:31

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion— to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, a joyous gathering,

Hebrews 3:12

Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Messiah—who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God—cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

1 John 4:15

If anyone acknowledges that Yeshua is Ben-Elohim, God abides in him and he abides in God.

1 John 5:20

And we know that Ben-Elohim has come and given us insight, so that we may know Him who is true—and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Yeshua the Messiah. This One is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:5

Who is it that overcomes the world, if not the one who believes that Yeshua is Ben-Elohim?

Revelation 7:2

Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He cried out with a loud voice to the four angels who were permitted to harm the earth and the sea,