Matthew 16:13-20
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary (Matthew Henry, Wesley's Notes, Geneva Notes, etc) & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Primary texts (Pseudepigrapha, Targum, Midrash, Targum) about Messainic Expectation from (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
- III.XIII.2, III.XVIII.4, III.XIX.2, III.XXI.8, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- VI.15, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter XXII, The Prescription of Heretics, Tertullian (c. 200)
- IV.11, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter XXI, Chapter XXIII, Chapter XXVI, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- Chapter X, Scorpiace, Tertullian (c. 213)
- Chapter XXI, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- Epistle XXVI -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
- On the Unity of the Church, Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
- Epistle LXXIV -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256)
- VI.25, VII.25, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c 320).
- From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "There were two Caesareas, the one called Stratonis upon the Mediterranean Sea, which Herod built extravagantly in the honour of Octavius; Josephus lib. 15. The other was Caesarea Philippi, which Herod the great the Tetrarch's son by Cleopatra, built in the honour of Tiberius at the foot of Lebanon; Josephus lib. 15."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "Our Lord declared Peter to be blessed, as the teaching of God made him differ from his unbelieving countrymen."
- A Divine and Supernatural
Light (Mt 16:17). Sermon by Jonathan Edwa
- "The Spirit of God acts in a very different manner in the one case, from what he doth in the other...He acts upon the mind of an unregenerate person as an extrinsic, occasional agent...But he unites himself with the mind of a saint, takes him for his temple, actuates and influences him as a new supernatural principle of life and action."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "Shall not prevail against it - Not against the Church universal, so as to destroy it. And they never did. There hath been a small remnant in all ages."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "He had never put this question before, but the crisis He was reaching made it fitting that He should now have it from them."
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "But whom say ye that I am? This is the great and smaller catechism, the one great and essential question. Christ is the one object of the Christian's faith."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Matthew 16:13-20, Mitzi J. Smith, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
- "What if the simple assertion that Jesus is the Messiah is more powerful but quieter than the clanging gongs of empire?"
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2017.
- "Not everyone knows who Jesus is. Do his disciples?" Luke A. Powery, The Christian Century, 2017.
- "Pausing to Give Thanks," David Lose, ...in the meantime, 2017.
- "The Keys of the Kingdom: Opening Doors and the Gift of God that Heals," Janet H Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2017.
- "September's Deportees," Nancy Rockwell, The Bite in the Apple, 2017.
- "The Rock of Christ," Glenn Monson, Law & Gospel Everywhere, 2017.
- Commentary, Matthew 16:13-20, Eric Barreto, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- "What if the simple assertion that Jesus is the Messiah is more powerful but quieter than the clanging gongs of empire?"
- "Who Do You Say I Am?" David Lose, ...in the Meantime, 2014.
- "...I don't think Jesus asks us to confess who we believe he is for his sake, but rather for ours, that we might be caught up in the power of his love and life."
- "A 'Come to Jesus' Moment," Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2014.
- "I want to hear Jesus' question as less about certainty and more about inquiry. About imagination. About exploration. About possibility."
- "Peter 'Fesses Up," D. Mark Davis, Left Behind and Loving It, 2014.
- "...since Jesus' disclosure of his impending death follows, we might assume that Jesus command here has to do with the fact that the disciples do not yet realize the full extent of what they are saying. Peter's emphatic refusal to accept Jesus' impending death in v.22 demonstrates that his thinking – however heavenly revealed – is humanly bound."
- "Rock, Paper, Kingdom," Stan Duncan, If You Lived Here You'd Be Home by Now, 2014.
- "Canonically Ironical," Forest Lewis, "Question the Text," 2014.
- "Even as we view Peter from an angel's perspective with our narrative omniscience it behooves us not to condescend. For isn't it better to confess that one does not understand Christ than to claim, with all of our theological and hermeneutic cunning, that one understands Christ completely?"
- "The Politics of Church Survival," Timothey F. Simpson, Political Theology Today, 2014.
- "As I see it, however, the biggest challenge on this front facing us today is not the children confusing the church for the building, but rather the adults confusing the church with the institution."
- Lectionary Greek, Rob Myallis, 2014.
- "Messianic Complex?" Robert Cornwall, Ponderings on a Faith Journey, 2014.
- "On a Dusty Hill In Caesarea Philippi," Peter Lockhart, A Different Heresy, 2014.
- "Even the Holiest of Labels," Andrew King, A Poetic Kind of Place, 2014.
- The Moonshine Jesus Show Lectionarycast, Mark Sandlin and David Henson, 2014.
- "Rocks, Arks, Baskets and Water," Lynn Miller, Art & Faith Matters, celebrating our creative and living God by generating art and architecture resources for congregations and individuals. Art and Faith Matters facebook page contains additional resources.
- "Peter," Frederick Buechner, Buechner Blog.
- "From fisher of fish to fisher of people to keeper of the keys to shepherd. It was the Rock's final promotion, and from that day forward he never let the head office down again."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2014.
- "Who?" Katie Munnik, Presbyterian Record, 2014.
- "A confession of faith which brings about change..."
- The rock-like faith of Peter is at the heart of William Wilberforce’s crusade against the slave trade in Amazing Grace, as well as that of a black family in The Long Walk Home who decide to participate in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Ed McNulty, Visual Parables.
- "Who Do You Say I Am?" Nancy Rockwell, The Bite in the Apple, 2014.
- "We are all mothers of God," wrote the German medieval mystic, Meister Eckert, "for God is always waiting to be born."
- "Cry Out at the Gates," Andrew Prior, First Impressions, 2014.
- "As they drew near to Washington DC Jesus said to them..."
- Commentary, Matthew 16:13-20, Mitzi J. Smith, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
- "The Rock of Forgiveness," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2014.
- "Do you hear the 'rock' as being Peter, Peter's Confession, or the Power of Binding and Loosing which has been granted us?"
- Evangelio Comentario del San Mateo 16:13-20 por Daniel Salazar, Working Preacher, 2014.
- Commentary, Matthew 16:13-20, James Boyce, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "Questions have a way of marking important moments and events."
- "Tearing Down the Gates," Fr. Rick Morley, a garden path, 2011.
- "It’s interesting to reflect on Jesus’ choice of itinerary."
- Peter's Declaration about Jesus, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2011.
- "Peter's Confession and Ours," Alyce McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, Patheos, 2011.
- "From this point on there is no turning back for Jesus, for Peter, or for us, if we would be disciples of the Messiah."
- Lectionary Blogging, August 21, 2011, John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2011.
- "Don't Tell a Soul," Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2011.
- "Why does truth need to be hidden?"
- Holy
Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, Matthew 16:13-20, David Ewart, 2011.
- "It is very problematic that the Lectionary separates Verses 13-20 from Verses 21-23, the first of three occasions of Jesus showing his disciples that he must go up to Jerusalem, suffer, be killed, and on the third day be raised. If we want the transformational bonding with Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the living God, we also can't avoid bonding with Jesus the Crucified One."
-
Comentario del Evangelio por Alvin Padilla,
San Mateo 16:13-20, Working Preacher, 2011.
- "La predicación de la confesión de Pedro (Mateo 16.13-20) es una oportunidad de retornar al principio de la fe cristiana vis a vis la opinión post moderna sobre el cristianismo en general y quien Jesús es en particular."
- "First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 11,
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "For Matthew the location is also Caesarea Philippi and perhaps the same shadows of imperial power or power through its local Jewish proteges of Herod's family are in mind. But in Matthew the passage is not such a turning point as it is in Mark."
- Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian
Resources.
- "It can be more difficult to believe in the power of the living God when we are surrounded by indications of contrary powers and authorities."
- Commentary, Matthew 16:13-20, Marilyn Salmon, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
-
"The Keys of the Kingdom," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle,
Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- "It seems that the power of the keys is the power of the Church to declare the forgiveness of sins on behalf of God and withhold the forgiveness of sins on behalf of God."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
Dylan's Lectionary Blog,
Proper 16. Biblical Scholar
Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church.
- "...Jesus receives what Peter has to offer that came as a gift from God. Most importantly, Jesus receives Peter himself, with all his flaws, as sharing in the victory he will win on the cross -- even as Peter tries to set a path for Jesus that would preclude that victory."
-
Commentary, Matthew 16:13-19, Lovelle Maxwell, The African
American Lectionary, 2009.
- "One of the greatest truths of the text is that, ultimately, the Church is built on Christ and not on anything or any created being."
- "Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Matthew 16:13-20," Transformed for Disciple Community: Matthew in Pentecost, James L. Boyce, Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1993.
- Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
-
Sermon
Preparation Thoughts and Questions by Wesley White, 2005.
- "What you need to affirm is not what everyone needs to affirm. There are a variety of gifts given, received, and applied. So we don't measure ourselves against one another but how we are doing in applying the wisdom given us to the common good."
- "The Keys of the Kingdom," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
- Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 21A, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
-
"Faith and
Church Leadership," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
- "What is the true power of peer pressure?"
-
Matthew
13:1-9, 18-23, at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary's
An Exegetical Study of the Common
Lectionary, coordinated by Prof. John E. Alsup, features rough translation,
disposition, immediate context, broader context, hermeneutical bridge, and contemporary
address.
- "At this stage of the exegesis, we must note well Jesus' contrasting the revelatory source of the substance of Simon's confession. It is not via flesh and blood, an allusion to Jewish Rabbis' revelations as well as instructions of the Law(s), rather it is with Jesus' Father who is in heaven revealing to Simon that Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ."
- "Peter's Confession," wikipedia.
- "Towards Sharing the One Faith," Faith and Order Paper No. 113. World Council of Churches, 1996. A study/discussion guide on the Nicene Creed.
- "The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility," at Catholic Resources on the Web. Consists of quotations from (and links to) Roman Catholic documents explaining and supporting the doctrine of papal infallibility.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Basser, Herbert W., "Derrett's
'Binding' Reopened," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Basser, Herbert W., "Marcus's
'Gates': A Response," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Berge, Paul S., "Expository Article,
Matthew 16:13-20," Interpretation, 1975.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Boyce, James L., "Transformed for
Disciple Community: Matthew in Pentecost," Word & World, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brown, Colin, "The Hermeneutics of
Confession and Accusation," Calvin Theological Journal, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dahlberg, Bruce T.,
"The Typological Use of Jeremiah 1:4-19 in Matthew 13-23," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1975.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Derrett, J. Duncan M., "Binding and
Loosing," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ferda, Tucker S., "The seventy faces of Peter's confession: Matt. 16:16-17 in the history of interpretation," Biblical Interpretation, 2012.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Finley, Stephen C., "Homoeroticism
and the African-American Heterosexual Male: Quest for Meaning in the
Black Church," Black Theology, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Goodwin, Mark J.,
"Hosea and 'the Son of the Living God' in Matthew 16:16b," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hawkins, Peter S., "West Coast
Witness," The Christian Century, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hiers, Richard H., "'Binding' and
'Loosing': The Matthean Authorizations," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - "Homiletical Helps on LSB Series A," Concordia Journal, 2005. (Section on this text begins on page 231)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerial - Knight, George A.F., "'Thou Art
Peter,'" Theology Today, 1960.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Marcus, Joel, "The Gates of Hades and
the Keys of the Kingdom," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Mathew, Parackel K., "Authority and
Discipline, Matthew 16:17-19 and 18:15-18 and the Exercise of Authority
and Discipline in the Matthean Community," Communio Viatorum,
1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Powell, Mark Allan, "Binding and
Loosing: Asserting the Moral Authority of Scripture in Light of a
Matthean Paradigm," Ex Auditu, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Powell, Mark Allan,
"Binding and Loosing: A Paradigm for Ethical Discernment from the Gospel of
Matthew," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Robinson, Bernard P., "Peter and His Successors:
Tradition and Redaction in Matthew 16:17-19," Journal for the Study
of the New Testament, 1984.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sell, Jesse, "Simon Peter's 'Confession' and the
Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles," Novum Testamentum,
1979.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stylianopoulos, Theodore, "Concerning the Biblical
Foundation of Primacy," Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Suggs, M. Jack, "Matthew 16:13-20, Expository
Article," Interpretation, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wright, Benjamin G. III, "A Previously Unnoticed
Greek Variant of Matt 16:14 - 'Some say John the Baptist,'" Journal
of Biblical Literature, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Basser, Herbert W., "Derrett's
'Binding' Reopened," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1985.
- Sermons:
- "The Energy That Is Christ," the Rev. R. Scott Colglazier, Day 1, 2014.
- "Do You Love Jesus?" the Rev. Dr. Peter Marty, Day 1, 2011.
- The Incomparable Christ Stan Purdum, SermonStudio
- "Who Do You Think You Are?" Paul Bellan-Boyer, I Heard of a City Called Heaven, 2008.
- "How Do We Know What God Is Like?" The Very Rev. Dr. Ian Markham, Day 1, 2008.
- "Keys," the Rev. Dr. Gary Charles, Day1, 2005.
- "One Costly Foundation," 14 Pentecost - 21 August 2005, Samuel Zumwalt, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- "The Keys of the Kingdom," Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- "The Abiding Question," the Rev. Dr. Norman Pott, Day 1, 1996.
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist." Commentary and Homily.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 16, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2011.
- The Turning Point, Janice Scott, The Village Shepherd
- "Jesus Finds a Solid Rock," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "Peter's Pledge," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- Drama:
- "The Messiah's Staff," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- "Who Is Jesus?" Nina Wallestad, Dramatic License. Conditions of Use.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 16:19, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Clip Art Images: Matthew 16:13-20, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- Matthew 16:13-20, Scripture Pics - graphics relating to RCL texts, Matt Baker, Germantown UMC, Ohio.
- Matthew 16:13-19, Matthew 16:15-20, Matthew 16:13-23, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- Matthew 16:13-19, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Hymns and Music:
- "Jesus Asked One Day," Carolyn Winfrey Gillette's new hymn (2014) on Peter's declaration about Jesus, Jesus foretelling his death and resurrection, the cross and self-denial. Tune: SHOWALTER 10.9.10.9 with Refrain ("Leaning On The Everlasting Arms").
- "O Jesus, You Were Born to Be" an original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, 2008, celebrates the names and titles of Jesus. Tune: TRURO 8.8.8.8 ("Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates") and O WALY WALY ("Though I May Speak").
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Matthew 16:16, 18. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Matthew
