The Religious Leader’s Demand We find the Pharisees and Sadducees who are normally opposing each other, uniting in one
common effort to silence Jesus (v. 1). The Pharisees were the traditionalists of their day and the
Sadducees were the liberals. For the fourth time these religious leaders were asking for a s …
Peter’s Confession We find Jesus in Gentile territory in the region of Caesarea Philippi, about 120 miles north of
Jerusalem (v. 13). This region had been a center of Baal worship and a place where Herod the Great
had built a temple to honor Augustus Caesar. Jesus was seeking to lead His disciples …
Surrender to The Cross Jesus explained to His disciples that His death was near (v. 21). He explained how it would be
necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem where He would suffer many things at the hands of the
religious leaders, and eventually He would be killed.Peter hearing these things, took the Lord …
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The Religious Leader’s Demand
We find the Pharisees and Sadducees who are normally opposing each other, uniting in one common effort to silence Jesus (v. 1). The Pharisees were the traditionalists of their day and the Sadducees were the liberals. For the fourth time these religious leaders were asking for a s …
Peter’s Confession
We find Jesus in Gentile territory in the region of Caesarea Philippi, about 120 miles north of Jerusalem (v. 13). This region had been a center of Baal worship and a place where Herod the Great had built a temple to honor Augustus Caesar. Jesus was seeking to lead His disciples …
Surrender to The Cross
Jesus explained to His disciples that His death was near (v. 21). He explained how it would be necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem where He would suffer many things at the hands of the religious leaders, and eventually He would be killed.Peter hearing these things, took the Lord …