¹⁵ on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.^(A)

The Promised Glory of the New House

In the second year of King Darius,^(B) 2 ¹ on the twenty-first day of the seventh month,^(C) the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:^{(D) 2} “Speak to Zerubbabel^(E) son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jozadak,^[a](F) the high priest, and to the remnant^(G) of the people. Ask them, ³ ‘Who of you is left who saw this house^(H) in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing?^{(I) 4} But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong,^(J) Joshua son of Jozadak,^(K) the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with^(L) you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ⁵ ‘This is what I covenanted^(M) with you when you came out of Egypt.^(N) And my Spirit^(O) remains among you. Do not fear.’^(P)

⁶ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while^(Q) I will once more shake the heavens and the earth,^(R) the sea and the dry land. ⁷ I will shake all nations, and what is desired^(S) by all nations will come, and I will fill this house^(T) with glory,^(U)’ says the Lord Almighty. ⁸ ‘The silver is mine and the gold^(V) is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ⁹ ‘The glory^(W) of this present house^(X) will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,^(Y)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah^(A)(B)

¹⁸ Once when Jesus was praying^(C) in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”

¹⁹ They replied, “Some say John the Baptist;^(D) others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”^(E)

²⁰ “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”^(F)

Jesus Predicts His Death

²¹ Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.^{(G) 22} And he said, “The Son of Man^(H) must suffer many things^(I) and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,^(J) and he must be killed^(K) and on the third day^(L) be raised to life.”^(M)