Key Verse Spotlight
Mark 8:27 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And they answered, John the Baptist: but some {say}, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.”
Mark 8:27
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell {it} to any in the town.
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some {say}, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
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