Matthew 16:14 Parallel Translations

They answered, "Some say you are John the Baptizer, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

ASV:

And they said, Some'say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

BBE:

And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

DBY:

And they said, Some, John the baptist; and others, Elias; and others again, Jeremias or one of the prophets.

ERV:

And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah: and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

WEY:

"Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah; others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets."

WBS:

And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

WEB:

They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

YLT:

and they said, 'Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'

Matthew 16:14 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 14:2 and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him."

Matthew 17:10 And His disciples asked Him, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Mark 6:15 But others were saying, "He is Elijah." And others were saying, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."

Luke 9:8 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen again.

John 1:21 They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

16:14 And they said, Some [say that thou art] {i} John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
(i) As Herod thought.

PNT:

16:14 Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist. Who had been killed by Herod a few months before. That was one popular notion regarding him, circulating, no doubt, chiefly among those who had never seen him. Herod Antipas entertained it (Mr 14:1).
Elijah. It was very generally expected that Elijah was to return to the earth in connection with the Messiah's advent (Mal 4:5).
One of the prophets. The Jews believed that at the coming of the Messiah the prophets were to rise again.

WES:

16:14 Jeremiah, or one of the prophets - There was at that time a current tradition among the Jews, that either Jeremiah, or some other of the ancient prophets would rise again before the Messiah came.

MHC:

16:13-20 Peter, for himself and his brethren, said that they were assured of our Lord's being the promised Messiah, the Son of the living God. This showed that they believed Jesus to be more than man. Our Lord declared Peter to be blessed, as the teaching of God made him differ from his unbelieving countrymen. Christ added that he had named him Peter, in allusion to his stability or firmness in professing the truth. The word translated rock, is not the same word as Peter, but is of a similar meaning. Nothing can be more wrong than to suppose that Christ meant the person of Peter was the rock. Without doubt Christ himself is the Rock, the tried foundation of the church; and woe to him that attempts to lay any other! Peter's confession is this rock as to doctrine. If Jesus be not the Christ, those that own him are not of the church, but deceivers and deceived. Our Lord next declared the authority with which Peter would be invested. He spoke in the name of his brethren, and this related to them as well as to him. They had no certain knowledge of the characters of men, and were liable to mistakes and sins in their own conduct; but they were kept from error in stating the way of acceptance and salvation, the rule of obedience, the believer's character and experience, and the final doom of unbelievers and hypocrites. In such matters their decision was right, and it was confirmed in heaven. But all pretensions of any man, either to absolve or retain men's sins, are blasphemous and absurd. None can forgive sins but God only. And this binding and loosing, in the common language of the Jews, signified to forbid and to allow, or to teach what is lawful or unlawful.

CONC:

Baptist Baptizer Elias Elijah Eli'jah Jeremiah Jeremias John Prophets Replied

Baptist Baptizer Elias Elijah Eli'jah Jeremiah Jeremias John Others Prophets

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