Mark 8:29

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”

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He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”

BSB

“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”

KJV

And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

ASV

And he asked them, But who say ye that I am? Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

BBE

And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ.

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καὶ kai And G2532 αὐτὸς autos He himself G846 ἐπηρώτα epērōta was questioning G1905 αὐτούς autous them G846 ὑμεῖς humeis You yourselves G4771 δὲ de however G1161 τίνα tina whom G5101 με me Me G3165 λέγετε legete do pronounce G3004 εἶναι; einai to be G1511 ἀποκριθεὶς apokritheis Answering G611 δὲ de now G1161 ὁ ho (the) G3588 Πέτρος Petros Peter G4074 λέγει legei says G3004 αὐτῷ autō to Him G846 σὺ su You yourself G4771 εἶ ei are G1510 ὁ ho the G3588 χριστός christos Christ G5547

The early church

(in Matt. Tom. xii. 15) Or else, Mark and Luke, as they wrote that Peter answered, Thou art the Christ, without adding what is put down in Matthew, the Son of the living God, so they omitted to relate the blessing which was conferred on this confession. It goes on, And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Origen of Alexandria · d. 253Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(Hom. in Mat. 54) From the manner, however, itself of the question, He leads them to a higher feeling, and to higher thoughts, concerning Him, that they might not agree with the multitude. But the next words show what the head of the disciples, the mouth of the Apostles, answered; when all were asked, Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) He asks the question with a purpose, for it was right that His disciples should praise Him better than the crowd.
Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
After however having enquired into the opinion of others, He asks them what was the belief of their own minds on this point; wherefore it continues, And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? He confesses indeed that He is the Christ announced by the Prophets; but the Evangelist Mark passes over what the Lord answered to his confession, and how He blessed him, lest by this way of relating it, he should seem to be favouring his master Peter; Matthew plainly goes through the whole of it.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 27–33

These things are written, that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. These miracles of our Lord assure us that he was not conquered, but a Conqueror. Now the disciples are convinced that Jesus is the Christ; they may bear to hear of his sufferings, of which Christ here begins to give them notice. He sees that amiss in what we say and do, of which we ourselves are not aware, and knows what manner of spirit we are of, when we ourselves do not. The wisdom of man is folly, when it pretends to limit the Divine counsels. Peter did not rightly understand the nature of Christ's kingdom.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.