¹⁴ So they said, ^(A)“Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or ^(B)one of the prophets.”

^15 (A)Others said, “It is Elijah.”

And others said, “It is ^[a]the Prophet, ^(B)or like one of the prophets.”

² and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”

¹⁷ They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”

He said, ^(A)“He is a prophet.”

¹² And ^(A)there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. ^(B)Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.”

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ^(A)

^18 (B)And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

¹⁹ So they answered and said, ^(C)“John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.”

Who Is He?

⁴⁰ Therefore ^[a]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is ^(A)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others said, “This is ^(B)the Christ.”

But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee?

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

²⁸ So they answered, ^(A)“John the Baptist; but some say, ^(B)Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”