SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:19
Y ellos respondieron, y dijeron: Juan el Bautista; y otros, Elías; y otros, que algn profeta de los antiguos ha resucitado.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. They answering said, John the Baptist , etc.] This was the opinion of some who thought that he was risen from the dead, as in ( Luke 9:7). but some say Elias ; the prophet, and the Tishbite; who according to the Jewish notion, was to be the forerunner of the Messiah, so in ( Luke 7:8). and others say: that one of the old prophets is risen again ; thus were they divided in their sentiments about him. (See Gill on Luke 9:8) Ver. 20. He said unto them, but whom say ye that I am ? etc.] Which was the main thing he had in view in this private conference; and in order to introduce which, he puts the former question: Peter answering : in the name of the rest of the disciples, they assenting to it: said, the Christ of God ; The Persic version reads, Christ God; the Messiah, who is the Son of God, and God over all, blessed for ever. The Cambridge copy of Beza's reads, the Christ, the Son of God. (See Gill on Luke 2:26).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-27 - It is an unspeakable comfort that our Lord Jesus is God's Anointed this signifies that he was both appointed to be the Messiah, an qualified for it. Jesus discourses concerning his own sufferings an death. And so far must his disciples be from thinking how to preven his sufferings, that they must prepare for their own. We often mee with crosses in the way of duty; and though we must not pull them upo our own heads, yet, when they are laid for us, we must take them up and carry them after Christ. It is well or ill with us, according as it is well or ill with our souls. The body cannot be happy, if the soul be miserable in the other world; but the soul may be happy, though the body is greatly afflicted and oppressed in this world. We must never be ashamed of Christ and his gospel.
Greek Textus Receptus
οι 3588 T-NPM δε 1161 CONJ αποκριθεντες 611 5679 V-AOP-NPM ειπον 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3P ιωαννην 2491 N-ASM τον 3588 T-ASM βαπτιστην 910 N-ASM αλλοι 243 A-NPM δε 1161 CONJ ηλιαν 2243 N-ASM αλλοι 243 A-NPM δε 1161 CONJ οτι 3754 CONJ προφητης 4396 N-NSM τις 5100 X-NSM των 3588 T-GPM αρχαιων 744 A-GPM ανεστη 450 5627 V-2AAI-3S
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:19 {That I am} (me einai). Accusative and infinitive in indirect assertion, a common Greek idiom. #Mt 16:13 for "I" has "the Son of man" as identical in the consciousness of Christ. The various opinions of men about Jesus here run parallel to the rumours heard by Herod (verses #8,9).
