Peter's Confession of Christ

Tyndale New Testament

Mat 16:13–20

13 When Iesus cam in to the costes of the cite which is called Cesarea Philippi he axed his disciples sayinge: whom do men saye that I the sonne of man am?
14 They saide some saye that thou arte Ihon Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes.
15 He sayde vnto the: but who saye ye that I am?
16 Simon Peter answered and sayde: Thou arte Christ the sonne of the lyvinge God.
17 And Iesus answered and sayde to him: happy arte thou Simon the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened vnto the that but my father which is in heven.
18 And I saye also vnto the that thou arte Peter: and apon this rocke I wyll bylde my congregacion. And the gates of hell shall not prevayle ageynst it.
19 And I wyll geve vnto the the keyes of the kyngdom of heven: and whatsoever thou byndest vpon erth shall be bounde in heven: and whatsoever thou lowsest on erthe shalbe lowsed in heven.
20 Then he charged his disciples that they shulde tell no man that he was Iesus Christ.

27 And Iesus went out and his disciples into the tounes that longe to the cite called Cesarea Philippi. And by the waye he axed his disciples sayinge: whom do men saye that I am?
28 And they answered: some saye that thou arte Iohn Baptiste: some saye Helyas: and some one of the Prophetes.
29 And he sayde vnto them: But whom saye ye that I am? Peter answered and sayd vnto him: Thou arte very Christe.
30 And he charged them that they shuld tell no man of it.

18 And it fortuned as he was alone prayinge his disciples were with him and he axed the sayinge: Who saye ye people that I am?
19 They answered and sayd: Iohn Baptist. Some saye Helyas. And some saye one of the olde prophetes is rysen agayne.
20 He sayde vnto the: Who saye ye that I am? Peter answered and sayde: thou arte the Christ of god.
21 And he warned and commaunded them that they shuld tell no man that thinge