Who Did They Think That I Was?
Chip continues his series on Jesus with a look at common perceptions and misperceptions about Him. Who did the people of Jesus’ day think He was? And now, more than 2,000 years later, who do we think He was?
Read »Scripture: Mark 8:27-33
Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”
Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.