Matthew 16:13

At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks his disciples who people say the Son of Man is. It matters because it opens the central question of Jesus' identity.

Cross-references · 21

• Luke 9:18–20And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
• Mark 8:27–29And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
• Dan 7:13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
• Matt 9:6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
• John 5:27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
• Heb 2:14–18Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
• Matt 13:37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
• Matt 12:8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
• Matt 8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
• Matt 13:41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
• Acts 7:56And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
• John 12:34The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
• Matt 12:32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
• Mark 8:38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
• Matt 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
• Acts 10:38How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
• Mark 10:45For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Matt 15:21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
• Matt 12:40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• John 1:51And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
• John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

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