He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
Christ prayed alone with His disciples before questioning them, setting a pattern we ought to follow: parents should pray with their children, masters with their servants, teachers with their pupils. When we instruct others, we must first pray for and with them, that they may be directed to answer rightly.
AI summary
Commenting on Luke 9:18-27
And he strictly charged them, and commanded them,.... Though he highly approved of this their confession, and pronounced Peter blessed upon it; and signified that it was a discovery which flesh and blood could not make, but what was made to him his Father: yet he gave them a strict charge, and laid his commands on them, to tell no man that thing; that he...
Verse 20. The Christ of God. The Anointed of God. The Messiah appointed by God, and who had been long promised by him. . (q) "Peter answering"