Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples: who do people say that the Son of Man is? The question at Caesarea Philippi — who do people say the Son of Man is — is the turning point of Matthew's Gospel. The northern location (Caesarea Philippi is at the foot of Mount Hermon, near the source of the Jordan) communicates the geographical movement away from the center of Jewish life to the margins. The question about popular perception precedes the question about the disciples' own perception.

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