Luke 9:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς, Ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνα με λέγετε εἶναι; ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν, Τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

He eipen de to them, You de tina me legete einai? apokritheis de Petros eipen, The Christon of Theou.

Grammar Details

• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *tina*: interrogative pronoun, accusative masculine singular - whom/who
• *legete*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - say/declare
• *einai*: present active infinitive - to be
• *apokritheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative masculine singular - having answered
• *Petros*: nominative masculine singular - Peter (proper name)
• *Christon*: accusative masculine singular - Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *de*: but/and/now/then
• *tina*: whom/who/which person
• *legete*: say/declare/call
• *einai*: to be/to exist
• *apokritheis*: having answered/responding
• *Christon*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *Theou*: of God/belonging to God

Referenced Verses

• John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered {G2532} {G3004} him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.
• John 11:27 : 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, [even] he that cometh into the world.
• John 20:31 : 31 but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.
• Acts 8:36 : 36 And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
• Acts 9:22 : 22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
• Acts 17:3 : 3 opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, [said he,] I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.
• 1 John 5:1 : 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever {G3588} loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
• John 4:29 : 29 Come, see a man, who told me all things that [ever] I did: can {G3385} this be the Christ?
• John 4:42 : 42 and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
• John 6:68-69 : 68 {G3767} Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69 And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of {G2198} God.
• John 7:41 : 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
• Matt 5:47 : 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others?] do not even the Gentiles the same?
• Matt 16:15-17 : 15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
• Matt 22:42 : 42 saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, [The son] of David.
• Matt 26:63 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.
• Mark 8:29 : 29 And he asked them, But who say ye that I am? {G1161} Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
• Mark 14:61 : 61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and saith unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
• Luke 22:67 : 67 If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not {G3756} believe:
• John 1:41 : 41 He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).