MAT 16:13 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Now Jesus, having come to the regions of Caesarea Philippi, asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say the Son of Man is?”

UST Sometime later, Jesus and his apprentices arrived in the area near the city of Caesarea Philippi. Then Jesus asked his apprentices, “Who do people say that I, the Son of Man, really am?”

BSB When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He questioned His disciples “Who {do} people say the Son of Man is?”

MSB When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He questioned His disciples “Who {do} people pronounce Me, the Son of Man, to be?[fn]”

BLB And Jesus having come into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was questioning His disciples saying, "Whom do men pronounce the Son of Man to be?"

AICNT Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked {his}[fn] disciples, saying, “Who do men say {the Son of Man is}?”[fn]

16:13, his: D(05) reads “the.”

16:13, the Son of Man is: Later manuscripts read “that I, the Son of Man, am.”

OEB On coming into the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked his disciples this question – ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’

WEBBE Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

WMBB Now when Yeshua came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

NET When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

LSV And Jesus, having come to the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking His disciples, saying, “Who do men say I am—the Son of Man?”

FBV When Jesus arrived in the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of man is?”

TCNT Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that [fn]I, the Son of Man, am?”

16:13 I, the Son of Man, am ¦ the Son of Man is CT

T4T When Jesus came with us disciples to the region near Caesarea Philippi town, he asked us, “Who do people say that I, the one who came from heaven, really am?”

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BBE Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

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Wymth When He arrived in the neighbourhood of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus questioned His disciples. "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" He asked.

ASV Now when Jesus came into the parts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

DRA And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is?

YLT And Jesus, having come to the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking his disciples, saying, 'Who do men say me to be — the Son of Man?'

Drby But when Jesus was come into the parts of Caesarea-Philippi, he demanded of his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?

RV Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

SLT And Jesus, having come into the parts of Caesarea of Philippi, asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say me to be, the Son of Man?

Wbstr When Jesus came into the borders of Cesarea Phillippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?

KJB-1769 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

KJB-1611 ¶ When Iesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom doe men say, that I, the sonne of man, am?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

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Gnva Nowe when Iesus came into the coastes of Cesarea Philippi, hee asked his disciples, saying, Whome doe men say that I, the sonne of man am?
(Now when Yesus/Yeshua came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the son of man am? )

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TNT When Iesus cam in to the costes of the cite which is called Cesarea Philippi he axed his disciples sayinge: whom do men saye that I the sonne of man am?
(When Yesus/Yeshua came in to the coasts of the cite which is called Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying: whom do men say that I the son of man am? )

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ClVg Venit autem Jesus in partes Cæsareæ Philippi: et interrogabat discipulos suos, dicens: Quem dicunt homines esse Filium hominis?[fn]
(He_came however Yesus in/into/on parts Cæsareæ Philippi: and interrogabat discipulos his_own, saying: Quem they_say mans to_be Son of_man? )

16.13 In partes Cæsareæ Philippi. Iste locus est, ubi Jordanus oritur ad radicem Libani, ex Jor et Dan duobus fontibus. Homines esse. Homines sunt qui de Filio hominis loquuntur: dii enim qui Deitatem intelligunt. Filium hominis? Dominus de se humilitatem humanitatis profitetur, discipuli Deitatem intelligunt.

16.13 In parts Cæsareæ Philippi. Iste locus it_is, where Yordanus oritur to radicem Libani, from Yor and Dan twobus fontibus. Homines esse. Homines are who from/about Filio of_man they_speak: gods because who of_Godtatem intelligunt. Son of_man? Master from/about himself humility humanitatis profitetur, students of_Godtatem intelligunt.

UGNT ἐλθὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ μέρη Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου, ἠρώτα τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ λέγων, τίνα λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου?
(elthōn de ho Yaʸsous eis ta meraʸ Kaisareias taʸs Filippou, aʸrōta tous mathaʸtas autou legōn, tina legousin hoi anthrōpoi einai ton Huion tou Anthrōpou?)

SBL-GNT Ἐλθὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ μέρη Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου ἠρώτα τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ λέγων· ⸀Τίνα λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;
(Elthōn de ho Yaʸsous eis ta meraʸ Kaisareias taʸs Filippou aʸrōta tous mathaʸtas autou legōn; ⸀Tina legousin hoi anthrōpoi einai ton huion tou anthrōpou;)

RP-GNT Ἐλθὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ μέρη Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου ἠρώτα τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, λέγων, Τίνα με λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι, τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;
(Elthōn de ho Yaʸsous eis ta meraʸ Kaisareias taʸs Filippou aʸrōta tous mathaʸtas autou, legōn, Tina me legousin hoi anthrōpoi einai, ton huion tou anthrōpou;)

TC-GNT Ἐλθὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ μέρη [fn]Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου ἠρώτα τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, λέγων, Τίνα [fn]με λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι, τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;
(Elthōn de ho Yaʸsous eis ta meraʸ Kaisareias taʸs Filippou aʸrōta tous mathaʸtas autou, legōn, Tina me legousin hoi anthrōpoi einai, ton huion tou anthrōpou; )

16:13 καισαρειας ¦ καισαριας WH

16:13 με ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Messiah

The Greek term christos is equivalent to the Hebrew mashiakh (“anointed one”), and both terms can be translated as “Messiah.”

In Judaism, the term messiah was understood in a variety of ways. The Old Testament refers to people, not all of them honorable, who were specially anointed by God for a variety of reasons or tasks (Exod 28:41; 1 Sam 9:16; 1 Kgs 19:16; Isa 45:1).The prophets expected a future Messiah who would usher in God’s Kingdom (Dan 9:25-26; Zech 9:9-10). The dominant expectation among Jews in Jesus’ time was that the Messiah would be a political warrior who would lead Israel to victory over its oppressors and reestablish Israel as a separate kingdom (see Psalms of Solomon 17–18). Some Jews saw the Messiah as a forerunner of the Kingdom of God. The community at Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, expected a Messiah who would function both as a priest and as a political warrior.

Given such ambiguity, it is not surprising that Jesus avoided the title. He taught his followers that he would suffer according to Isaiah’s predictions (Isa 52:13–53:12, which Jews interpreted as referring to the nation of Israel). The emphasis Jesus gave to suffering and service as the path of victory (Matt 16:21-28; 20:25-28) collided with the popular Jewish paradigm of the Messiah as a royal conqueror. It was, however, God’s means of bringing about his Kingdom (see Luke 2:25-32; John 12:37-50; Acts 2:29-36).

Passages for Further Study

Gen 17:6; Exod 28:41; 1 Sam 9:16; Isa 52:13–53:12; Dan 9:25-26; Zech 9:9-10; Matt 2:4-6; 11:2-6; 16:13-20; 17:10-12; 22:41-46; 24:23-27; 26:62-65; Luke 2:8-11, 25-35; 3:15-18; 23:35-43; 24:26-27, 46-47; John 4:21-29; 7:25-27, 31, 40-43; 12:34-50; 20:30-31; Acts 2:22-36; 3:17-26; 4:25-28; 9:22; 13:23-25; 17:3; 26:22-23; 28:17-24

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

δὲ

and

Here, the word Now introduces the next major event in the story. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: [Then]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐλθὼν

˓having˒_come

Matthew implies that the disciples were traveling with Jesus. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [when he and his disciples came]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐλθὼν

˓having˒_come

In a context such as this, your language might say “gone” instead of come. Alternate translation: [having gone]

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [and he said]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

οἱ ἄνθρωποι

the people

Although the term men is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [men and women]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

εἶναι τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου

to_be the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man

Here Jesus speaks about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person. Alternate translation: [I, the one who is the Son of Man, am]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου

the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man

The title Son of Man may refer to a special person, possibly the Messiah, that people expected to arrive. However, since Jesus is asking about who people say that the Son of Man is, if possible you should not explain what the title means. Alternate translation: [the Human One]

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