¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah,^[a] the Son of the living God.”

²⁷ “Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God.”

³³ Then the disciples worshiped him. “You really are the Son of God!” they exclaimed.

¹⁰ This is why we work hard and continue to struggle,^[a] for our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people and particularly of all believers.

¹⁵ All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.

⁵⁴ The Roman officer^[a] and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, “This man truly was the Son of God!”

²⁰ And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is indeed the Son of God!”

⁹ for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.

³¹ It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

⁶³ But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I demand in the name of the living God—tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”