SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:16
Y respondiendo Simn Pedro, dijo: T eres el Cristo, el Hijo del Dios Viviente.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 16:16
Verse 16. Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.] Every word here is emphatic-a most concise, and yet comprehensive, confession of faith. The Christ, or Messiah, points out his divinity, and shows his office; the Son-designates his person: on this account it is that both are joined together so frequently in the new covenant. Of the living God tou qeou, tou zwntov, literally, of God the Living One. The C. Bezae has for tou zwntov the Living One, tou swzontov, the saviour, and the Cant. Dei Salvatoris, of God the saviour.
Living-a character applied to the Supreme Being, not only to distinguish him from the dead idols of paganism, but also to point him out as the source of life, present, spiritual, and eternal. Probably there is an allusion here to the great name hwhy Yeve, or Yehovah, which properly signifies being or existence.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. And Simon Peter answered and said , etc.] Either of his own accord, and for himself, being a warm, zealous, and forward man; one that dearly loved Christ, truly believed in him, and was ready to make a confession of him; or, as the mouth of the rest, in their name, and with their consent; or, at least, as full well knowing the sentiments of their minds.
Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God: a short, but a very full confession of faith, containing the following articles: as that there is a God, that there is but one God; that he is the living God, has life in himself, is the fountain of life to others, and by this is distinguishable from the idols of the Gentiles: that Jesus is the Christ, the Christ of God, the true Messiah, that was promised by God, prophesied of by all the prophets, from the beginning of the world, and expected by the people of God: a character that includes all his offices, of prophet, priest, and king, to which he is anointed by God; and that this Messiah was not a mere man, but a divine person, the Son of God; not by creation, as angels and men are, nor by adoption, as saints, nor by office, as magistrates, but by nature, being his own Son, his proper Son, the only begotten of the Father, of the same nature with him, being one with him, and equal to him. This confession, as it is uniform, and all of a piece, and consistent with itself, and is what all the disciples of Christ agreed in, so it greatly exceeds the most that can be made of the different sentiments of the people put together. They took him, one and all, to be but a mere man; their most exalted thoughts of him rose no higher: but in this he is acknowledged to be the Son of God, a phrase expressive of his divine nature, and distinct personality: they thought him to be a dead man brought to life; but here he is called the Son of the living God, as having the same life in him the Father has: they indeed judged him to be a prophet, but not that prophet that was to come, superior to all prophets; but here he is owned to be the Christ, which not only takes in his prophetic office in a higher sense than they understood it, but all his other offices, and declares him to be the promised Messiah; which they who thought, and spoke the most honourably of him, could not allow of.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 13-20 - Peter, for himself and his brethren, said that they were assured of ou Lord's being the promised Messiah, the Son of the living God. Thi showed that they believed Jesus to be more than man. Our Lord declare Peter to be blessed, as the teaching of God made him differ from his unbelieving countrymen. Christ added that he had named him Peter, i allusion to his stability or firmness in professing the truth. The wor translated "rock," is not the same word as Peter, but is of a simila meaning. Nothing can be more wrong than to suppose that Christ mean the person of Peter was the rock. Without doubt Christ himself is the Rock, the tried foundation of the church; and woe to him that attempt to lay any other! Peter's confession is this rock as to doctrine. I Jesus be not the Christ, those that own him are not of the church, but deceivers and deceived. Our Lord next declared the authority with whic Peter would be invested. He spoke in the name of his brethren, and thi related to them as well as to him. They had no certain knowledge of the characters of men, and were liable to mistakes and sins in their ow conduct; but they were kept from error in stating the way of acceptanc and salvation, the rule of obedience, the believer's character an experience, and the final doom of unbelievers and hypocrites. In suc matters their decision was right, and it was confirmed in heaven. But all pretensions of any man, either to absolve or retain men's sins, ar blasphemous and absurd. None can forgive sins but God only. And thi binding and loosing, in the common language of the Jews, signified to forbid and to allow, or to teach what is lawful or unlawful.
Greek Textus Receptus
αποκριθεις 611 5679 V-AOP-NSM δε 1161 CONJ σιμων 4613 N-NSM πετρος 4074 N-NSM ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S συ 4771 P-2NS ει 1488 5748 V-PXI-2S ο 3588 T-NSM χριστος 5547 N-NSM ο 3588 T-NSM υιος 5207 N-NSM του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM του 3588 T-GSM ζωντος 2198 5723 V-PAP-GSM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
16:16 Peter is the spokesman now: "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God" (su ei ho cristos ho huios tou qeou tou zwntos). It was a noble confession, but not a new claim by Jesus. Peter had made it before (#Joh 6:69) when the multitude deserted Jesus in Capernaum. Since the early ministry (John 4) Jesus had avoided the word Messiah because of its political meaning to the people. But now Peter plainly calls Jesus the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Son of the God the living one (note the four Greek articles). this great confession of Peter means that he and the other disciples believe in Jesus as the Messiah and are still true to him in spite of the defection of the Galilean populace (John 6).
