So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.

saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.”

But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren.

And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it.

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, “I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?”

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered and said to Him, “You are the Christ.”

Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?

Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ do not believe it.

But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.

Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,

And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

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?”

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

Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?

And He said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?

“If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will by no means believe.

And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.”

Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.”

Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”

Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).

You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’

“Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Could This Be the Christ?

Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill?

But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ?

However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

And many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”

Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee?

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”

Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

The people answered Him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’ ? Who is this Son of Man?”

but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,

he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Saul Preaches Christ

Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ.

And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise and make your bed.” Then he arose immediately.

explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.”

When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

Obedience by Faith

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.