But what about you? he asked. Who do you say I am? Peter answered, you are the Messiah — the question shifts from the crowd (who do people say) to the disciples (who do you say). The you is emphatic — you, who have been with me, who have received the private explanations, who have watched the miracles. Peter's answer is the Gospel's first human confession: you are the Messiah (the Christ, the Anointed One). The correct answer is given — but as the next verse will show, the correct title without the correct understanding of what the Messiah is and does is only partial sight.

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