for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Now while the people were in a state of expectation and they all were thinking carefully in their hearts about John, whether he himself perhaps was the Christ,

Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” And yet He was rebuking them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

Peter Says Jesus is The Christ

And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?”

And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

Christ Divides People

“I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!

But He said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is David’s son?

The Return of Christ

“There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,

“If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe;

And they began to bring charges against Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

And the people stood by, watching. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.”

One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to come into His glory?”

and He said to them, “So it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,