MATTHEW 16:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.”
And they said: some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets. The popular identifications of Jesus reflect the perception that he is a prophetic figure: John the Baptist (Herod's guilty conscience, Matthew 14:2), Elijah (the returning prophet of Malachi 4:5), Jeremiah (the suffering prophet of the exile), or one of the prophets. All the identifications honor Jesus as a significant figure but fall short of the reality.
Church Fathers on Matthew 16:14
As soon as the Lord had taken His disciples out of the teaching of the Pharisees, He then suitably proceeds to lay deep the foundations of the Gospel doctrine; and to give this the greater solemnity, it is introduced by the name of the place, 'When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi.'
He adds 'of Philip,' to distinguish it from the other Caesarea, of Strato. And He asks this question in the former place, leading His disciples far out of the way of the Jews, that being set free from all fear, they might say freely what was in their mind.
This Philip was the brother of Herod, the tetrarch of Ituraea, and the region of Trachonitis, who gave to the city, which is now called Panaeas, the name of Caesarea in honour of Tiberias Caesar.
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