And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
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Gill's Exposition
And I say also unto thee,.... Either besides what he had already said concerning his happiness; or, as the father had revealed something great and valuable, so likewise would he; or inasmuch as he had…
See also Mar 8:27-29, and Luk 9:18-20. Cesarea Philippi - There were two cities in Judea called Caesarea. One was situated on the borders of the Mediterranean (See the notes at Act 8:40), and the…
We have here a private conference which Christ had with his disciples concerning himself. It was in the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, the utmost borders of the land of Canaan northward; there in that…
Cambridge Bible
Bar-jona "son of Jonah." Bar is Aramaic for son; cp. Barabbas, Bar-tholomew, Bar-nabas.
for flesh and blood, &c. Not man, but God; "flesh and blood" was a common Hebrew expression in this contrast.
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