Mark 8:27-30
Peter says who Jesus is
8:28This is the same report that people told King Herod in Matthew 6:14-16.
Peter answered him, ‘You are the
8:29The people were waiting for God to send someone special to them. They called this person the Messiah or the Christ . Jesus knew that the people had wrong ideas about this person. They thought that this person would save them from the Roman government. They thought that he would be a great soldier. So Jesus wanted to teach the people what he, the Messiah, had come to do.