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Who do you say I am?

Matthew 16:15 · Jesus to his disciples

Choose the one closest to what you think now. After the rings of history, the same question will come to you again.

Matthew 16:15

Who do you say I am?

Scripture · the question’s frame
A watercolour of a ruined stone gate and bridge below brushy slopes, a few travellers leading a laden camel along the road, and a castle-topped mountain rising behind.
Harry Fenn, Caesarea Philippi (Banias), c. 1875 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) · Source

From ‘people’ to ‘you’. Jesus was not taking a poll; he asked each one of them for an answer.

This question cannot be settled by passing on someone else’s answer. And how you answer it changes the way you hear everything else Jesus said.

Next come five rings that test the people’s answers. At each ring you will see how far scholars agree and what the main objection is. At each one, choose Accept or Hold.

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